Cinemas closed, Shanghai Disneyland restricted as Covid-19 spikes in China's commercial capital


A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site, following cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Shanghai, China March 11, 2022. - Reuters

SHANGHAI, March 12 (Variety.com/Reuters): Some cinemas in central Shanghai were closed from Friday (march 11) in reaction to a surge in coronavirus cases in the city and other parts of China. The Shanghai Disneyland theme park announced partial restrictions that take effect from Saturday.

On Saturday, Chinese authorities announced that a total of 1,649 new cases in the country had been discovered on Friday. (These broke down as 476 local infections that showed symptoms and 1,173 asymptomatic cases.

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