Due to the numbers of coronavirus infections in recent days, several municipal and district mayors have decreed restrictive measures such as the curfew and the peak and ID.
These decisions, according to entrepreneurs of the cinema chains, “do not consult the dynamics of each sector and, on the contrary, they have the capacity to annihilate the fragile and precarious economic situation through an administrative act “.
A month ago and after issuing the second protocols for its operation, several of the chains in the sector finally opened their rooms.
However, due to the increase in cases and deaths from coronavirus In recent days, cities such as Bogotá, Medellín, Cali and Cartagena decided to apply the pico y cédula, strategies that seek to slow down the rate of transmission but that directly affect the reactivation of these establishments.
As a result of the situation, companies such as Cinemark, Cinépolis, Royal Films and Procinal Medellín sent a letter to district and municipal mayors expressing their concern about the decisions.
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According to the letter, “the attendance of the spectators to the cinema is guaranteed by the current biosecurity regulations and is not prone to generating any type of crowds, but as it is considered a typical commercial activity for the purposes of the current and untimely restriction measures, it ends up being injured due to an unjustified generalization “.
Thus, entrepreneurs request that when making high impact decisions, “the specificities of each activity are not left aside”, and they assure that they are making the best efforts to get ahead, “despite the difficulties of the moment and the unfortunate lack of attention and support from national and local authorities.”
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