Theaters are safe places: since reopening to date only one case of Covid-19

It is difficult to fall ill with Covid-19 if you go to the theater, according to data monitored by theItalian General Association of Performing Arts (AGIS) based on reports received from territorial ASLs. From June 15, when shows reopened, until early October, 347,262 spectators were monitored who attended 2,782 live performances (including opera, drama, dance and concerts), with an average of 130 spectators per event. Out of these 347,262 spectators, only one case of Covid-19 was recorded, which, moreover, did not infect the spectators who came into contact (they all tested negative): it follows that theaters are among the safest places.

“The absence of cases since the day show business was resumed, when correlated with the increasing curve of contagions that has unfortunately been affecting our country in recent weeks,” the AGIS states in a note, “therefore highlights how the entertainment sector has been, in terms of safety, absolutely ’virtuous,’ thanks to the professionalism of the operators and the civic sense of the spectators. The outcome of the survey shows, numbers in hand, how the performing arts sector, always in full compliance with health and hygiene regulations, has demonstrated that it is capable of guaranteeing maximum safety for its workers and audiences.”

The live entertainment sector has been among the most battered by the coronavirus, since the months of lockdown have meant the total closure of every activity, and even the recovery has not been at full capacity, due to the strict rules for allowing performances to take place: maximum 200 spectators for indoor venues and 1,000 for outdoor venues, with spacing, masks, sanitation. Measures that theaters and concert halls have scrupulously complied with, so much so that, at the moment, the government has decided not to tighten the measures already in place. And given the situation of contagions in the country there is something to be happy about.

Theaters are safe places: since reopening to date only one case of Covid-19

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