As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect people all over the globe, Airbnb is offering a program to help provide free or subsidized housing to health care professionals, emergency workers and relief personnel.
"Medical workers and first responders are providing lifesaving support during the coronavirus outbreak and we want to help," Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia said in a statement.
The company's goal is to house 100,000 of these workers around the world. Both emergency workers who are looking for accommodations and hosts who would like to make their properties available can visitA version of this initiative began last week in France, where the government and Airbnb worked together to find 4,000 hosts willing to let medical personnel like doctors, nurses and caregivers stay in their accommodations for free.
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