Wuhan’s largest theme park has opened its doors to the public again after being closed for almost four months due to the coronavirus lockdown despite mounting fears of a second outbreak in China.
Happy Valley Wuhan welcomed visitors once again on Tuesday as footage and images show groups of tourists enjoying thrilling roller-coaster rides.
The amusement park is now receiving no more than 15,000 people a day, or 30 per cent of its maximum capacity, and is only operating its outdoor facilities.
Wuhan’s largest theme park has opened its doors to the public again after being closed for almost four months due to the coronavirus lockdown despite mounting fears of a second outbreak in China
The park also requires visitors to book their tickets in advance and have their body temperatures checked upon arrival, according to its website.
Its reopening comes as fears of a new COVID-19 outbreak in China are escalating after the emergence of new cluster infections around the country, including the former epicentre Wuhan and north-eastern China’s Jilin.
The city of Wuhan has reported a total of seven active confirmed cases as of today, after recording no infections for 35 days since local government lifted the lockdown on April 8. All seven patients lived in the same residential compound.
Established in 2012, Happy Valley Wuhan is the city’s largest theme park with over 100 entertainment activities. It covers 350,000 square metres (86 acres) of land.
The amusement site was forced to shut down on January 23 after Wuhan, where the pandemic first began, was went into a draconian lockdown.
The theme park now requires tourists to wear face masks at all times during their visit whilst keeping a safe distance of 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) away from one another.
Established in 2012, Happy Valley Wuhan is the city’s largest theme park with over 100 entertainment activities, covering 350,000-square-metre (86-acre) of land. Tourists are entertained by a panda-costumed staff at the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park in Wuhan on May 19
The amusement site was forced to shut down on January 23 after the city of Wuhan where the pandemic first began was put under a draconian lockdown. Pictured, a Chinese man and a child enjoy an amusement ride at the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park in Wuhan on May 19
Tickets must be purchased online in advance and visitors need to have their body temperatures taken and scan health smartphone codes before entering, according to a notice on the park’s website.
A video shows bottles of hand sanitisers placed across the amusement site. A staff member also told the press that the park facilities would be disinfected thoroughly after each ride.
‘I was quite excited to return to work,’ the female worker told Pear Video. ‘I was cooped up at home for nearly four months.’
A visitor praised the park’s preventative measures against the spread of the virus while another said that she felt different visiting the reopened amusement site following the lockdown.
‘It just felt different than before,’ she told China News. ‘It feels like [the park] being reborn.’
The Happy Valley Wuhan finally welcomed visitors again yesterday after being shut for nearly four months as it reopened its outdoor facilities. Indoor programmes, however, have remained closed, Chinese media report. Tourists enjoy an amusement ride at the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park in Wuhan
Tickets must be purchased online in advance and visitors need to take their body temperatures and scan health smartphone codes upon arrival, according to a notice on the park’s website. Tourists enjoy an amusement ride at the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park in Wuhan yesterday after the site reopened following the coronavirus lockdown
A video shows bottles of hand sanitisers placed across the amusement site. A staff member also told the press that the park facilities would be disinfected thoroughly after each ride. Pictured, a park worker disinfects an amusement ride at the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park yesterday
Shanghai Disneyland, another popular theme park in China, reopened its gates on May 11 following a lengthy coronavirus shutdown of more than three months.
The Disney resort has also put a strict cap on the number of visitors who must pre-book tickets, have their temperatures checked on arrival and show a government QR code designed to prove they are not a health risk.
Wuhan reported a new infection yesterday, bringing the total of active confirmed cases in the former ground zero to now seven.
The amusement park with a daily limit of 15,000 people required visitors to book their tickets in advance and take their body temperatures upon arrival, according to its website. Tourists have their tickets checked before entering the Happy Valley Wuhan theme park yesterday
The reopening of Wuhan’s biggest theme park comes as spiralling fears of a possible second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in China are fuelled after clusters of infections have recently emerged across China, including the former epicentre Wuhan. Tourists are pictured riding bumper cars at the Happy Valley Wuhan Tuesday
Local officials kicked off its 10-day coronavirus testing on their 11 million residents as seeing an emergence of new cases in Wuhan in recent days, after 35 days without fresh infections. Tourists wait in safe social distances before entering the Happy Valley Wuhan on May 19
Local officials kicked off its 10-day coronavirus testing on their 11 million residents as seeing an emergence of new cases in Wuhan in recent days, after 35 days without fresh infections.
On May 10, the city recorded six confirmed infections, sparking fears of a new outbreak in the city that lifted the draconian lockdown only over a month ago.
Meanwhile, fears of a new outbreak have hit a Chinese north-eastern region of over 100million residents after two cities from the area went under Wuhan-style lockdown.
Chinese officials have imposed strict quarantine measures on two cities in Jilin province as a local infection cluster continues to spread and threaten neighbouring areas.