(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Disneyland Orlando reopens
China News Agency, Houston, July 11 (July 11, local time, Disneyland Orlando, USA reopened. This is the first Disneyland reopening in the United States since the outbreak of the New Crown epidemic in the United States. Due to the serious rebound of the recent epidemic in Florida, the reopening of the US Disneyland has attracted widespread attention.
Disneyland in Orlando is called "Disney World". Affected by the new crown epidemic, four months later, the two parks of the theme park "Magic Kingdom" and "Animal Kingdom" welcomed tourists again on the 11th. The other two parks "Epocatel" and "Hollywood Studio" will Reopened on the 15th.
Disney has not announced the number of tourists on the first day of the park's reopening. The New York Times estimates that Disney will only allow less than half of the largest passenger traffic to enter the park on the day it opens.
According to Reuters, this is not the first Disneyland to reopen. Previously, three Disneyland in Asia have been opened. However, this is the first Disneyland in the United States to reopen. In this regard, American medical experts said that despite the safety measures taken, the theme park is still a high-risk area for the spread of the new coronavirus, especially in cities with severe epidemics.
According to CNN, the latest safety rules established by Orlando Disneyland include: restricting passenger flow, requiring tourists to purchase tickets online in advance; requiring tourists over 2 years old to wear masks or cloth masks; tourists must maintain a social distance; Suspend almost all performances such as parades, fireworks displays, etc.; check body temperature and not allow visitors whose temperature exceeds 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). In addition, Disney also said that it will increase the cleaning and disinfection of crowded areas, and the park has several hand disinfection stations.
Although Disney has set up many safety measures, however, the theme park has about 19,000 staff members signed a petition requesting the park to postpone the reopening time.
According to the American Consumer News and Business Channel report, Natasha Elop, an infectious disease research scholar at the University of Alabama, said that suggestions such as maintaining social distance and wearing masks are almost impossible to effectively implement in a theme park. Chima Melton, a doctor at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, said that if people eat or drink in crowded places, they may be infected with the new coronavirus through droplets, aerosols, etc.
According to Reuters, Florida is currently one of the most severely affected areas in the United States and one of the rising death tolls.
According to Fox News, Florida Governor De Santis said the surge in new crown cases in the state is only a "short-term phenomenon." According to reports, in addition to Disney Park, many theme parks in Orlando, the state, have been reopening since May, including Universal Studios and Sea World.
It is worth noting that in California, the United States has also experienced a rebound of the new crown epidemic. Disney has recently decided to postpone the reopening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California indefinitely. The theme park was originally planned to reopen on July 17. Disney said it will wait for the California government's security guidance to make arrangements.
According to data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:00 p.m. EDT, the cumulative number of newly diagnosed cases in the United States exceeded 3.24 million, the number of confirmed cases in California exceeded 316,000, and the number in Florida exceeded 254,000. (Finish)