Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily blocked from leaving the resort as part of virus testing that extended to more than 400,000 people, the government announced today (November 1).

The park was closed on Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co and the government announced in separate statements.

The city health bureau said guests all tested negative and were allowed to leave by 8:30 pm.

The resort has since suspended entry to its theme park and surrounding commercial area to cooperate with a COVID-19 epidemic investigation request from other provinces on Sunday (October 30).

Guests who visit the park are reminded to comply with pandemic prevention measures, including wearing a mask and maintaining social distance, and they are required to take nucleic acid testing at the exit, the resort said on its official Weibo account.

The resort apologised for the inconvenience and said it would provide information on ticket refunds and exchanges.

The office of Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control leading group said people who had visited the resort over the weekend need to immediately notify their residential neighbourhood committees, companies and schools, and take a COVID-19 test at designated hospitals and clinics.

The office provided a list of 34 designated testing sites which are open 24 hours, on its social media platforms.

It also said the visitors need to stay at home in the next two days and go back to work or school only when the two tests, one at the theme park exit and one at local clinics, show negative results.

After the two days of self-quarantine, the visitors still need to undergo 12 days of self-monitoring and take two more COVID-19 tests, the office said.