Shanghai Disneyland to Temporarily Shut Amid Virus Outbreak
January 24 2020 - 9:51AM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
Walt Disney Co. said it is temporarily closing its Disneyland
and Disneytown parks in Shanghai, starting Saturday, as the death
toll from China's spreading coronavirus rose.
"We will continue to carefully monitor the situation and be in
close contact with the local government," Shanghai Disney Resort,
which operates the parks, said in a statement Friday. The closure
comes during the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, which is
typically a busy travel period.
Disney said it would work to refund tickets bought to
Disneyland, resort hotel rooms reserved, and tickets for Beauty and
the Beast Mandarin Production booked through Disney's official
ticket-purchasing platform.
The official death count related to the pneumonialike virus is
26, with the number of infections rising to at least 881 confirmed
cases. The outbreak originated from the central Chinese city of
Wuhan, and Chinese authorities have halted public transportation
out of several cities in Hubei province in response to the
disease's rapid spread.
The coronavirus has spread to several other countries, including
South Korea, Japan and the U.S.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2020 10:36 ET (15:36 GMT)
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