Over 30,000 people were locked inside Shanghai Disneyland over a single COVID-19 case

Shanghai Disneyland
(Image credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Over 30,000 Shanghai Disneyland visitors ended up trapped inside the park on Sunday after a single coronavirus case.

The park was locked down on Halloween after a visitor tested positive for COVID-19, and Shanghai Disneyland subsequently tested almost 34,000 people before visitors could leave, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Shanghai government said all of the test results came back negative, CNN reports, though according to the Journal, those who visited the park "were ordered to self-isolate for another 24 hours before a second test." If this second test comes back negative, "visitors will be asked to observe 12 days of health-monitoring and take more tests," CNN writes.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.