Airbnb has banned party houses as part of new safety guidelines

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Airbnb plans to lay off nearly 1,900 employees or 25% of its total workforce as coronavirus hit the company hard. The company had around 7,500 employees prior to the layoffs.“We are collectively living through the most harrowing crisis of our lifetime" CEO Brian Chesky told employees in a note. “Airbnb’s business has been hit hard, with 2020 revenues forecasted to be less than half of what we earned in 2019

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Short-term home rental platform Airbnb is introducing a new “enhanced cleaning initiative” that will take effect in May and include a 24-hour vacancy period between bookings, according to a company blog post. Airbnb says hosts should continue to abide by local social distancing and shelter-in-place rules that might affect whether they can book guests at their properties.

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Mike Roman, the CEO of US-based mask and worker safety equipment manufacturing company 3M, has stated amid US President Donald Trump's invocation of the Defense Production Act that his company cannot meet the demand for masks in the country. Roman revealed that the industry only has the capacity to make 50 million N95 masks each month, while healthcare workers need 300 million to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Earlier this month, Israel Carreras and his boyfriend, Franco, attended the Winter Party Festival in Miami along the shores of Nikki Beach, South Beach and others between the dates of March 4 and March 10. Israel developed COVID19 symptoms after a few days and died in Miami-area hospital on Friday night. At least 9 other people, so far, who attended Winter Party Festival have reportedly contracted COVID-19 as well.

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