Shanghai Disneyland locks 33,000 inside park for mass testing after 1 case of COVID detected

Fireworks boomed as more than 33,000 visitors at Shanghai Disneyland waited — and waited — for mandatory COVID-19 test results, surrounded by health workers dressed from head to toe in white protective suits.

Shanghai Disneyland announced suddenly Sunday evening that it was no longer accepting any new visitors and was cooperating with an epidemiological investigation from another province. It then locked down the park as Shanghai city health care workers and police rushed to conduct a mass testing of the visitors already inside.

After testing everyone, the park will remain shut on Monday and Tuesday as it continues to cooperate with pandemic prevention efforts, Shanghai Disneyland said in a statement Monday.