Disneyland in Shanghai, McDonald's in Wuhan to Shut Temporarily Amid Virus Outbreak -- Update
January 24 2020 - 12:49PM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
Walt Disney Co. said it would temporarily close its Disneyland
and Disneytown parks in Shanghai starting Saturday, as the death
toll from China's spreading coronavirus rose.
"We will continue to carefully monitor the situation and be in
close contact with the local government," Shanghai Disney Resort,
which operates the parks, said in a statement Friday. The closings
come during the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, which is typically
a busy travel period.
Disney said it would work to refund tickets bought to
Disneyland, resort hotel rooms reserved and Beauty and the Beast
Mandarin Production tickets booked through Disney's official
ticket-purchasing platform.
The official death count related to the pneumonialike virus is
26, with the number of infections rising to at least 881 confirmed
cases. The outbreak originated in the central Chinese city of
Wuhan, and Chinese authorities have halted public transportation
out of several cities in Hubei province in response to the
disease's rapid spread.
McDonald's Corp. said it has closed stores in Wuhan and
surrounding cities that had suspended public transportation.
McDonald's restaurants in Hubei province normally operate when
transportation is available, a company spokesman said. He didn't
say how many restaurants were shut.
"We will maintain close communication with local health and
other relevant authorities," the spokesman said.
He said McDonald's would provide hand sanitizer in restaurants,
increase disinfection of areas with frequent customer contact,
require delivery drivers to wear masks and monitor for fevers by
taking store crew members' temperatures when they arrive for
work.
McDonald's had 2,902 stores in China in its most recent quarter,
making it one of the company's largest foreign markets.
The coronavirus has spread to several other countries, including
South Korea, Japan and the U.S.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2020 12:34 ET (17:34 GMT)
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