In Good News, Disneyland Reopens In Shanghai After 3 Months Of Shutdown Due To COVID

A woman wearing a face mask takes a selfie while visiting the Disneyland amusement park in Shanghai on Monday. Disneyland Shanghai reopened on May 11 to the public after being closed since January due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Famous Disney characters and staff welcome visitors at the Disneyland theme park as it reopened after the coronavirus closure. China, where the pandemic began in December, was the first country to reopen factories and other businesses with some restrictions after declaring the disease under control in March even as infections rise and controls are tightened in some other countries.

Visitors take a selfie in front of Donald Duck at the Disneyland theme park. Shanghai Disneyland and Disney's park in Hong Kong closed on Jan. 25 as China isolated cities with 60 million people to try to contain the outbreak. Tokyo Disneyland closed the following month and parks in the United States and Europe in March.

People wearing face masks maintain social distancing as they enter the Disneyland amusement park in Shanghai.?Social distancing will be maintained in lines for amenities, in restaurants, on rides and other facilities and sanitization and disinfection will be boosted