Shanghai Disneyland visitors locked in park for hours, reportedly over a single COVID case
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Beijing — Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily blocked from leaving the park on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people were screened for COVID-19 infection over a single case. The testing extended to more than 400,000 people, the city government announced Tuesday. The park closed Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co. and the government said in separate statements. The city health bureau said guests all tested negative and were allowed to leave by 8:30 p.m., but one visitor from elsewhere in China told the Reuters news agency she didn't make it out until 10 p.m.
Marvis He told Reuters she and her companion had flown in from the city of Shenzhen to enjoy the Disney park's Halloween fireworks.
"I feel disappointed, we waited so long in the park... but we didn't get to see anything and only got to get out at 10 p.m.," she told Reuters as she left.
