INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

Shanghai&s Disney Resort abruptly suspended operations on Monday to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures, with all visitors at the time

of the announcement directed to stay in the park until they return a negative test for the virus.The resort said at 11:39 am local time it

would immediately shut the main theme park and surrounding areas including its shopping street until further notice to comply with virus

curbs.The Shanghai government said on its official WeChat account the park was barring people from entering or exiting and that all visitors

inside the site would need to await the results of their tests before they could leave.Anyone who had visited the park since Oct

27 would need to test for COVID-19 three times in three days, it said.The theme park continued to operate rides for visitors stuck in the

park during the closure on Monday, social media users reported.A Shanghai Disney Resort spokesperson said the resort was still operating

&limited offerings& and that they were following measures in line with guidelines from Chinese health authorities.The resort had on Saturday

said that it had started operating with a reduced workforce to comply with COVID measures, Reuters reported.Shanghai reported 10 locally

transmitted cases for Oct

30, all of which it said were people without symptoms.The closure marks the latest disruption for the Shanghai Disney Resort, which was shut

for over three months during Shanghai&s lockdown earlier this year.The post Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID-19, visitors unable to leave

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