Shanghai Disneyland temporarily closing due to coronavirus outbreak

Shanghai Disneyland is closing its doors indefinitely due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China.

The Disney theme park is joining a number of other businesses and tourist attractions around the country have that have closed its doors to help prevent the spread of the virus. So far, the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus has risen to 830, the National Health Commission said. Twenty-six people have died. Most of those infected have been in the city of Wuhan.

According to Shanghai Disneyland’s official statement:

“In response to the prevention and control of the disease outbreak and in order to ensure the health and safety of our guests and Cast, Shanghai Disney Resort is temporarily closing Shanghai Disneyland, Disneytown including Walt Disney Grand Theatre and Wishing Star Park, starting January 25, 2020. We will continue to carefully monitor the situation and be in close contact with the local government, and we will announce the reopening date upon confirmation.

“Shanghai Disney Resort will assist in the refund for guests who have purchased tickets for admission to Shanghai Disneyland, have booked a resort hotel, or have booked tickets for Beauty and the Beast Mandarin Production through the original ticket purchase channel, and we will introduce the detailed procedure and guidelines via the resort’s official platforms as soon as possible.

We wish our guests a healthy and happy Spring Festival!”

A coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat, similar to the common cold. Other types of coronaviruses have caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).

This is considered a novel coronavirus – meaning it has never been encountered before. The World Health Organization said it was first informed on Dec. 31, 2019, of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of an unknown casue in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China.