COVID-19 scare prompts lockdown at Shanghai Disneyland

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Performers instrumentality to the signifier during the opening ceremonial for the Disney Resort successful Shanghai, China, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Walt Disney Co. opened its archetypal taxable parkland successful mainland China connected Thursday astatine a ceremonial that mixed speeches by Communist Party officials, a Chinese children's choir and actors dressed arsenic Sleeping Beauty and different Disney characters. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Posted at 4:22 PM, Nov 01, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-01 17:23:36-04

Thousands of radical were reportedly locked wrong Shanghai Disneyland Halloween aft a idiosyncratic tested affirmative for COVID-19.

According to The Associated Press, the metropolis rushed to trial everyone wrong the taxable parkland aft an probe recovered a idiosyncratic with COVID-19 visited Shanghai Disneyland the time before.

More than 33,863 radical were tested for COVID-19 portion wrong the park. They each had antagonistic results, but are being asked to trial again successful the coming days, The Associated Press reported.

Unlike different countries which are attempting to unrecorded with COVID, China has implemented a argumentation that aims to stamp retired the microorganism completely.

In a statement, Disney Shanghai said it would beryllium closed done Nov. 2 to "follow the request of pandemic prevention and control."