HONG KONG, Jan 26 — Hong Kong’s Disneyland announced it was shutting its doors on Sunday until further notice over the deadly virus outbreak in central China, a day after city authorities classified the crisis as an emergency. The park said it was taking the step to protect “the health and...
Visitors walk past the entrance to Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong, China, October 10, 2019. — Reuters pic
The move came as city leader Carrie Lam faced criticism in some quarters over her administration’s response to the crisis, including calls to halt, or limit, arrivals from the Chinese mainland where the epidemic began. On Sunday, the nearby gambling hub of Macau announced three more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total to five.
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