COVID-19 in China: Shanghai’s Disneyland shuts down amid Omicron wave

Given the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, China on Monday closed its famous Disneyland amusement park located in Shanghai. Disney announced the shutting down of its entire facility in Shanghai, which includes Shanghai Disneyland, the Disneytown shopping and dining district, along with the Wishing Star Park.

Confirming the news, the company said, “We will continue to monitor the pandemic situation and consult local authorities, and will notify guests as soon as we have a confirmed date to resume operations”.
On Sunday, Shanghai registered 24 locally-transmitted cases of Coronavirus (symptomatic) and 734 cases of asymptomatic infection. Though the city has not yet imposed a shutdown, the government has asked people to stay home.

Meanwhile, Shanghai has suspended all its bus services into the city and visitors to the city will have to carry a negative Coronavirus test report. As of now, the city authorities are conducting mass testing for the virus.
China is going through its worst Coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began and this time, it’s the Omicron variant that has caused all the problems. The new variant of COVID-19 was detected in November 2021 and on March 19, China reported two COVID-19 deaths. Then on Sunday, China reported 2027 new cases in the mainland.

As per local media, China will lock down Jilin city for three days starting Monday night as the numbers are high in the region. It is the second largest city in the province with a population of nearly 4.5 million.