A number of companies across Japan have disclosed in turn moves to try and prevent further spread of 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus that originated in China, with the postponement of celebrity meet-and-greet events and suspension of services such as makeup application at cosmetics stores.
Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, decided Friday to reduce visitor contact with some costumed characters until further notice. The characters will also be told not to stay too long in any one place, the company said.
Signs were put up on a pedestrian bridge that links Tokyo Disneyland and its closest train station, encouraging entrants to use hand sanitizer stations set up inside the park.