Cinemas and theaters will have to close their doors at 5 p.m. this Monday for an indefinite period. This shutdown is part of a series of new health directives issued in the afternoon by the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé.
The 50% gauge restriction, announced Thursday and in effect from midnight Sunday to Monday night, will ultimately have lasted less than 24 hours.
De facto, many shows had been canceled or postponed in the wake of the announcements from Quebec to cope with the meteoric growth of the Omicron variant.