The activities started in cinemas, theaters and auditoriums may end after 9:00 p.m. in Madrid

The curfew in the Community of Madrid from this Monday is at 22:00. At that time no one can be on the street. The bars and restaurants close one hour before, at 9:00 p.m. Of course, there are exceptions. You can go to work, go to the doctor or go home if you have left a cinema or theater. The Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM) establishes that cinemas, theaters, auditoriums and similar spaces may conclude later than activities already started at 9:00 p.m., provided that the end time allows compliance with the curfew. The Ministry of Health «establishes as an interpretive criterion that the scheduled activity of cinemas, theaters, auditoriums, tent circuses, multipurpose multipurpose rooms and similar spaces started before 9:00 p.m. may end after the same provided that it allows compliance with the start time of the limitation of the freedom of movement of people at night. ”This criterion is applied taking into account Note that all establishments, venues and premises open to the public in the Community of Madrid have a closing time limited to 9:00 p.m. from this Monday and for a period of time. period of 14 days. Pharmaceutical establishments, health centers and establishments, social centers and services, veterinary centers, food delivery services, automotive fuel establishments and others considered essential are excepted, understanding as such those that provide or They perform essential services that cannot be postponed.These are the new measures: Meetings of people who are not living together in the houses are prohibited The curfew is brought forward at 22:00 hours The hotel and other establishments must close at 9:00 p.m. In bars and restaurants, a maximum of four people may meet, both indoors and outdoors. Bar service in bars and restaurants is suspended Pharmacies , medical establishments, veterinarians, gas stations and those establishments that provide essential and unavoidable services may open during the curfew The space of the capacity in the leisure centers in the shopping centers will be 50% The capacity will be 75% in theaters , cinemas and other cultural facilities and 40% in multipurpose multipurpose rooms (such as the Wizink Center) Outdoor terraces remain at 75% and non-regulated training centers also at 75% The measure that has raised the most controversy is the prohibition of meetings in houses between people who are not living together. Of course, there are exceptions. The Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid states that people who live alone are exempted from this imposition, who may be part of a single extended coexistence unit. Thus, each unit of coexistence can only integrate a single person who lives alone. The care, assistance or accompaniment of minors, elderly people, sick people, dependents or people with disabilities, for justified reasons or the reunion of minors is also excepted. of age with their parents or legal guardians, in case they live in different addresses.Also the meeting of people with a marriage or partner relationship who live in different addresses, the activities of the centers, services and establishments of a social nature, the work, educational and institutional activities, and those activities for which the Ministry of Health has established specific measures for the containment of Covid-19.