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Not always cheerful, Disney had to lay off 28,000 employees

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Walt Disney Co. is reportedly going to lay off about 28,000 employees mostly in theme parks in the United States.  Photo: AP Disney's 'fantasy kingdom' has not always brought joy, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. Worse, the Walt Disney Co company is reportedly going to lay off about 28,000 employees mostly at theme parks in the United States. Disney said in a statement that the layoffs were due to the uncertainty of the pandemic period that would last so long that the number of visitors was limited to all their theme parks. The recently reopened friend park limited about 30 percent of the usual visitor capacity. The layoffs will involve domestic workers and 67 per cent of them are part-time workers. So far, theme parks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Paris have not been impressed with this announcement. Last week, the Disney theme park in Hong Kong reopened for the second time after recording a sharp increase in new cases in the country. For the