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THE Universal Beijing Resort amusement park was on Wednesday closed for COVID-19 prevention measures.
In order to curb the spread of COVID-19, the cities of Wuhan and Guangzhou locked down some districts, as cases crept higher in China in spite of its tough anti-virus policy.
The theme park did not indicate when it would reopen but said it would refund or reschedule tickets.
“We will continue to assess the impact on operations and strive to resume operations as soon as possible,’’ it said on the Weibo social media platform.”
The theme park is 30 per cent owned by Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA.O) Universal Parks & Resorts and 70 per cent by state-owned Beijing Shouhuan Cultural Tourism Investment.
Beijing, which had some of China’s strictest COVID barriers for entry, had seen infections rise after the national Golden Week holidays at the beginning of October.
The city on Oct. 25, reported 19 symptomatic cases and one asymptomatic infection, while the country as a whole reported a total of 1,407 new cases, the highest count in 12 days.
Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus emerged nearly three years ago to bring sickness and disruption to the world, shuttered its Hanyang district after a spike in cases.
Authorities said in a notice that from Oct. 26 to 30, the district’s more than 800,000 people had been told to stay at home as services were limited across sectors,.
Union hospital in Wuhan suspended outpatient services after a member of staff at a canteen tested positive, the hospital said in a release.
Universities in Wuhan had also reverted to online teaching.(Reuters/NAN)
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