China Locks 30,000 Visitors Inside Shanghai Disneyland After One Guest Got Covid-19
By Khan & Schwartzel, 11/1/21, Wall St. Journal

More than 30,000 visitors to the Shanghai Disneyland
theme park were kept within the park’s gates on Sunday &
forced to undergo Covid-19 testing after a customer
tested positive for the virus, a move that underscores
China’s eradication efforts.

With fireworks exploding above them as they awaited nasal
swabs, the Disney visitors became the latest Chinese
residents to experience life under a “zero tolerance”
policy for the virus enforced by their country’s govt.
Leaders there have taken stringent measures to contain
pockets of the coronavirus in the country, despite criticism
from business groups & a close to 80% vaccination rate.

“I never thought that the longest queue in Disneyland
would be for a nucleic acid test,” one visitor said on
social media.

The mass testing proved a surreal scene. Videos shared by
guests on social media showed swarms of people—many
dressed up in Halloween costumes—queuing up for tests
before they could leave. One showed the Disney evening
fireworks erupting behind workers in hazmat suits conducting
tests for park visitors.

The fireworks were intentional, a Disney spokesman said.
Park employees continued the display as planned so guests
would have something to watch while they waited, the
spokesman said, & staff helped manage crowd flow to avoid
everyone trying to leave at once. They also handed out
power chargers so guests could charge their phones, &
families with younger children were allowed to leave first.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/shanghai-disneyland-suspends-operations-as-visitors-queue-for-covid-19-tests-before-exiting-11635755117