7 minutes agoVisitors are trapped inside Disney in Shanghai, allowed to go without a negative COVID test.
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(4 years ago)Shanghai Disney has become the latest high profile site to close its gates thanks to China's strict policy of zero COVID, blocking visitors inside. People are told they won't be allowed out of thematic park until they can show a negative test. This comes [...]
People are told they won't be allowed out of thematic park until they can show a negative test.
This comes after Shanghai reported 10 new cases in the country on Saturday.
China's controversial zero-COVID policy has already kept millions of people repeatedly closed, sometimes in unusual places.
The sudden nature of the blockades has led people to leave the shops é, including a branch in Shanghai of Swedish furniture giant Ikea and workplaces, while trying to avoid blocking inside.
However, those who expect their freedom from Shanghai Disney can comfort themselves with a positive thing: Travels are continuing to operate for those who remain trapped inside the happiest country on Earth.
Videos posted on the Chinese social media site Weibo showed people rushing to the park gates after the announcement, but they found them closed.
Posting on the Chinese social media site WeChat, the Shanghai government said the park was prohibiting people from entering and those inside could only come out after they returned a negative test result.
He added that anyone who has visited the park since Thursday should deliver three negative test results over the next three days.
No date has been given when the park will reopen. Shanghai Disney said the tickets will be valid for six months and will be repaid.
The immediate closure comes just two days after the park began operating with a reduced capacity to meet COVID measures.
It's not the first time the park is closed suddenly. Last November, 30,000 people were trapped inside after authorities ordered that all be tested as part of the contact investigation.
