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Walt Disney Co on Tuesday said it will let go of an astonishing 28,000 employees at its US theme parks, which include Walt Disney World and Disneyland, as the coronavirus continues to prevent those businesses from fully reopening.

THE post-Covid-19 “return to normal” that Americans long for is far enough away that not even a company built on dreams can see it.

Walt Disney Co on Tuesday said it will let go of an astonishing 28,000 employees at its US theme parks, which include Walt Disney World and Disneyland, as the coronavirus continues to prevent those businesses from fully reopening.

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