Some cinemas in central Shanghai were closed from Friday 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. Of the new cases, 112 were imported.) It was the second consecutive day that the total exceeded the thousand case landmark.
The numbers are minuscule compared with some countries and territories overseas, but they are the highest that China has experienced for nearly two years. They reflect the impact of the milder, but more infectious, omicron variant of the COVID-19 disease.
Authorities said that most cases were found in…
