Indoor movie theaters in San Diego and Sacramento are among public-facing businesses ordered to close down again due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
California Secretary of Health and Human Mark Ghaly announced the edict on Tuesday in a setback for the film and exhibition industries as they try to mount a box office recovery despite the challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic.
The bright news: the World Health Organization on Monday said life might begin to resemble normal by March or April upon Pfizer Inc.'s announcement that its vaccine is showing a 90 percent success rate.