HONG KONG (Kyodo) – Hong Kong Disneyland on Friday opened with the local government taking some social pace measures to fight the spread of the coronation as the pandemic eases.
This is the third reopening for the popular theme park after previous closures in January, July and December last year that lasted around nine months due to the pandemic. It finally closed on December 2nd.
Cable TV told local media that about 100 people were lined up at the gates before it opened, including a teenager who said he was so happy he couldn’t sleep the night before.
“Every time Disneyland reopens, it will be appreciated,” said Yim, putting on the face of Olaf, a snowman character in the animated film “Frozen”. “Or you would miss the chance to play when it closes.”
Only guests with accommodations are allowed, the park said. It closes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The closures came after the park saw a decline in visitors as Hong Kong was subjected to months-long protests from the government. Full-time attendance through September 2019 fell 4% from a year earlier to 6.5 million visitors, according to company figures.
Social pace measures were set in Hong Kong starting Thursday as new diseases declined a few weeks ago to double-digit low numbers.
Most public places are allowed to open as long as they are partially limited in capacity and must observe protective measures, including temperature checks and alien facades.
Under the new rules, visitors to the theme park, restaurants and most public places must leave visitor records to find contact in the event of a revolution. Employees must be tested for COVID-19 every fortnight.
The government has approved the emergency use of the CoronaVac vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd in China and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with the first batch of 1 million doses of CoronaVac arriving late Friday and those around finally expect to arrive by the end of the month. . Mass inoculation is expected to begin next week.
Thirteen cases of infection were reported Friday, bringing the total to 10,833, with 197 deaths, government figures show.