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						<p>Disney said Tuesday it will impose another round of furloughs at Disneyland as there is no sign that the Anaheim, Calif.-based theme park will be permitted to reopen anytime soon.</p>
<p>Although Disney did not say how many staffers would be hit, the furloughs will include executive, salaried and hourly workers. The new round comes on top of <strong>28,000 layoffs in September</strong> that mostly hit Disney&#8217;s US theme parks, Disneyland and Disney World.</p>
<p>Disney Resort president Ken Potrock said it is not clear <span >when Disneyland, which has been closed since March 13, might reopen due to new state guidelines.</span></p>
<p>Last month, California health officials dashed any hopes of the reopening of large theme parks until COVID-19 risk levels fall to the lowest of the state&#8217;s four tiers. Currently COVID-19 infections are spiking across the state and the country.</p>
<p>&#8220;The recently released state guidelines put us in limbo regarding a reopening timeline in the foreseeable future,&#8221; Potrock wrote.</p>
<p><strong>Disney World and Disney&#8217;s parks outside the US</strong> were able to reopen earlier this year, but with cases climbing globally, there have been setbacks.</p>
<p>After reopening in mid-July, Disneyland Paris <strong>was forced to close again late last month</strong> when France imposed a new lockdown to fight a second wave of coronavirus cases. The company&#8217;s theme parks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo remain open with capacity restrictions.</p>
<p>During its second-quarter call in May, the Mouse House estimated that the COVID-19 impact on operating income at its <strong>Parks, Experiences and Products segment was about $1 billion</strong>. The company reports third-quarter results Thursday.</p>
			
					
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