Shanghai Disneyland Locked Visitors in Park on Covid Case
- Guests needed to test negative to leave park, government said
- China’s Covid Zero policy spurring economic, social disruption
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Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were barred from leaving on Monday until tests cleared them of Covid-19 after an infected person was traced to the theme park, the second time people have been locked inside due to China’s zero-tolerance virus approach.
Patrons were told they could leave once they tested negative for the virus, the local government said in a statement after the facility was shut earlier in the day. Everyone was tested and the park is now empty, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Co. told Bloomberg News early Tuesday China time. The shutdown came after a woman who visited Shanghai Disneyland recently tested positive for Covid, the government said separately.