Bern cinemas do not want to do without unvaccinated people
A certificate requirement also for cinemas? Quinnie in particular does not think much of the political plans. Financial losses are feared.
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The Rex cinema was delighted when it reopened in May. Is the next damper already looming?
Photo: Franziska Rothenbühler (archive)
The spontaneous visit to the cinema could be for unvaccinated people soon schwierig inearth. Both the federal government and the canton of Bern are considering making the Covid certificate mandatory for smaller indoor events. Bars, cinemas and theaters would be affected. At the moment, the certificate is only compulsory for large events with more than 1000 people and for dance events of any kind.
Even if nothing has been decided yet: the cinema industry is already startled. «We do not want to exclude anyone from the film because he or she has not been vaccinated or has not recovered», sagt Lejla Potur, the manager of the Quinnie cinemas in Bern, which includes Cine Bubenberg, Cine Movies and Cine Camera. As a justification, Potur expresses the controversial thesis that vaccinated people could equally transmit the virus – and therefore the unvaccinated do not pose a greater danger to third parties.
