What’s new: Shanghai Disneyland and Disneytown temporarily closed on Monday and Tuesday as part of pandemic prevention requirements, according to a Sunday notice by the theme park operator. The announcement followed the emergence of a new Covid-19 case in neighboring Zhejiang province, who was found to have visited the attraction.
The reopening date has not yet been determined.
Shanghai Disney Resort first announced the suspension of entry into its theme park and commercial area on Sunday. All visitors within the resort premises were told to undergo nucleic acid tests before leaving.
Local authorities also required tourists who visited Shanghai Disneyland and Disneytown over the past weekend to report to their neighborhood authority, employer or school. These visitors were required to take Covid-19 tests four times in the next 14 days, according to another Sunday notice.
As of Monday morning, local authorities said 33,863 people who had visited the resort over the past weekend had tested negative for Covid-19. The results of more than 900 environmental samples collected were also negative.
The background: Shanghai Disneyland is not the first theme park in China that had to ramp up testing in recent days to prevent an outbreak. On Saturday, Beijing’s Universal Studios theme park issued a notice that said it had started testing all its employees, after it was informed by local authorities that close contacts of a Covid-19 case had been there on Oct. 24.
Contact reporter Wang Xintong (xintongwang@caixin.com) and editor Bertrand Teo (bertrandteo@caixin.com)
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