Tokyo Disney parks closing for two weeks on virus fears

Disney characters and dancers parading in Tokyo Disneyland during it 30th anniversary on April 15, 2013. The operator of Tokyo's two Disney resorts, Disneyland and DisneySea, said on Feb 28, 2020 that the parks would be closed for around two weeks on fears over the outbreak of the new coronavirus. - AFP

TOKYO (AFP): The operator of Tokyo's two Disney resorts, Disneyland and DisneySea, said Friday (Feb 28) that the parks would be closed for around two weeks on fears over the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

"Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea have decided to proceed with an extraordinary closure from Saturday Feb 29,2020, through Sunday March 15" after the government urged measures to limit the spread of the virus, the operator said in a statement.