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Over 34,000 people trapped at Shanghai Disneyland after ONE person tested positive for COVID-19
Thousands of visitors at Shanghai Disneyland got the shock of their lives Sunday night, Oct. 31, when they were locked inside the park to be tested for Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). The theme park trapped all visitors in the park after receiving news of one confirmed COVID-19 case.
Against their will, over 34,000 park visitors stayed at the amusement park until testing was over. China’s COVID Zero policy is still in full effect, with Beijing maintaining strict protocols even though other advocates of the policy are already reconsidering.
People in Hazmat suits entered Shanghai Disneyland en masse to test visitors before allowing them to leave the premises. The whole process ended close to midnight, long after people usually stay at the park. The tested visitors were sent home on 220 special buses.
On Monday, Nov. 1, results revealed that all visitors were negative. However, they were required to isolate at home for two days. All of them will be re-tested for coronavirus after two weeks.
Shanghai Disneyland was locked down after a woman who traveled to Shanghai from Hangzhou over the weekend was tested positive for COVID-19. Officials still haven’t confirmed if she visited Disneyland, but her infection set off an “aggressive” contact tracing effort throughout China, eventually trapping all park-goers and park staff.
The whole process shows how far China will go to control the spread of COVID-19. Shanghai Disneyland reopened on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
After China managed to contain its initial outbreak in Wuhan last April, the country used every resource to try and eliminate COVID-19, even enforcing a draconian COVID Zero policy with border curbs and mandatory quarantines. The country also imposed localized lockdowns and mass testing to seek out cases before an outbreak.
China insists on COVID Zero policy amid push-back from citizens and businesses
While other countries started opening their borders and learning how to live with the virus, China imposed even stricter policies. At the same time, waves of the highly contagious delta variant are becoming more frequent. The current surge, totaling an estimated 480 cases, has already spread to more than half of the provinces in China.
With the rise of delta cases, the COVID Zero policy continues to make lives harder for citizens while it allegedly seems to be effective in controlling infections.
A small county in Jiangxi, a southeast Chinese province, turned all its traffic lights to red after one COVID-19 case was detected. The case broke the province’s 610-day COVID-free record.
Local authorities claimed that the excessive move aimed to reduce mobility, but Chinese social media heavily criticized the move even though dissent is often censored in the country. According to local media, the move was soon canceled and the lights resumed working normally.
In Beijing, the many restrictions of the COVID Zero policy have had disastrous results. Some residents who left the capital said that they are unable to return because they are recorded as recently being in the city, parts of which are currently classed as high risk because of a small outbreak.
Countless citizens who have been stuck at airports and train stations around the country have posted about their problems on social media to ask for help and to criticize the draconian rules.
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Thousands of visitors at Shanghai Disneyland got the shock of their lives Sunday night, Oct. 31, when they were locked inside the park to be tested for Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). The theme park trapped all visitors in the park after receiving news of one confirmed COVID-19 case.
Against their will, over 34,000 park visitors stayed at the amusement park until testing was over. China’s COVID Zero policy is still in full effect, with Beijing maintaining strict protocols even though other advocates of the policy are already reconsidering.
People in Hazmat suits entered Shanghai Disneyland en masse to test visitors before allowing them to leave the premises. The whole process ended close to midnight, long after people usually stay at the park. The tested visitors were sent home on 220 special buses.
On Monday, Nov. 1, results revealed that all visitors were negative. However, they were required to isolate at home for two days. All of them will be re-tested for coronavirus after two weeks.
Shanghai Disneyland was locked down after a woman who traveled to Shanghai from Hangzhou over the weekend was tested positive for COVID-19. Officials still haven’t confirmed if she visited Disneyland, but her infection set off an “aggressive” contact tracing effort throughout China, eventually trapping all park-goers and park staff.
The whole process shows how far China will go to control the spread of COVID-19. Shanghai Disneyland reopened on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
After China managed to contain its initial outbreak in Wuhan last April, the country used every resource to try and eliminate COVID-19, even enforcing a draconian COVID Zero policy with border curbs and mandatory quarantines. The country also imposed localized lockdowns and mass testing to seek out cases before an outbreak.
China insists on COVID Zero policy amid push-back from citizens and businesses
While other countries started opening their borders and learning how to live with the virus, China imposed even stricter policies. At the same time, waves of the highly contagious delta variant are becoming more frequent. The current surge, totaling an estimated 480 cases, has already spread to more than half of the provinces in China.
With the rise of delta cases, the COVID Zero policy continues to make lives harder for citizens while it allegedly seems to be effective in controlling infections.
A small county in Jiangxi, a southeast Chinese province, turned all its traffic lights to red after one COVID-19 case was detected. The case broke the province’s 610-day COVID-free record.
Local authorities claimed that the excessive move aimed to reduce mobility, but Chinese social media heavily criticized the move even though dissent is often censored in the country. According to local media, the move was soon canceled and the lights resumed working normally.
In Beijing, the many restrictions of the COVID Zero policy have had disastrous results. Some residents who left the capital said that they are unable to return because they are recorded as recently being in the city, parts of which are currently classed as high risk because of a small outbreak.
Countless citizens who have been stuck at airports and train stations around the country have posted about their problems on social media to ask for help and to criticize the draconian rules.
@NaturalNewsMedia
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