Yangon, March 24 ( /Xinhua) Myanmar’s Ministry of Information has announced to reopen about 60 movie theaters in the country starting on April 17, in accordance with Health Ministry’s Covid-19 prevention and control measures. “Some 60 movie theaters were allowed to reopen in the first phase starting on April 17, Myanmar New Year, in line with standard operating procedures (SOPs) for reopening of theaters,” U Aye Kywe, a director-general from the Ministry of Information, told Xinhua on Thursday. The operations of film industries and movie theaters stopped in Myanmar due to the coronavirus. Now the Covid-19 infection is under control in the country and the ministry decided to allow the reopening of theaters aiming to earn incomes for filmmakers and those working in the industry, he said. /XINHUA PRT