Mexico City cinema, theater and bars emerge from lockdown gloom

FILE PHOTO: Employees wearing protective face masks wait for customers at the ticketing booth of movie theater "Cinemex" during the gradual reopening of commercial activities after the city government eased isolation measures implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City, Mexico August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After months without museums, cinemas and bars, Mexico City residents began exploring them again this week, even as authorities continue battling the coronavirus pandemic that has so far killed over 55,000 people in Mexico.

Mexico has the third highest death toll worldwide from the virus, which has hammered the economy and caused unprecedented disruptions to life in the metropolis of 22 million people.