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Shanghai Disneyland was closed and visitors temporarily kept in the park for virus testing, the city government announced, while social media posts said some amusements kept operating for guests who were blocked from leaving. The park closed on Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co. and the city government announced. No details of a possible outbreak were released. All guests have exited the park following expedited COVID testing, Disney said Tuesday in a statement. It did not say when the park might reopen. While other countries are easing anti-virus measures, China has stuck to a severe Zero COVID strategy that aims to isolate every case. Outbreaks in Shanghai in March led to a shutdown that confined most of its 25 million people to their homes for two months. On Friday, 1.3 million residents of Shanghai's downtown Yangpu district were ordered to stay at home while they underwent virus tests. The city government appealed to anyone who had visited the Shanghai