Nigel Huddleston

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Home landlords Airbnb is temporarily UK bookings restrict access to key personnel and "vital remains", because the coronavirus crisis.

The Company said that the measure will take until at least 18. April.

key employees - such as the NHS and social care staff, as well as the transportation and food retail employees Can still be called a book about a program.

The decision comes after the government criticized the opportunistic host.

The that Some offers were letting customers use the "instant book" feature, without you having to be checked.

At The Time , Some owners describe their Properties as "Covid-19-retreats" and "perfect for the insulation of the family" on the Website.

tourism Minister Nigel Huddleston described this as "irresponsible and dangerous".

A BBC London investigation found hundreds of Properties marketed Some were in a residential community, in the capital to tourists-days for The Coming Easter weekend and celebration.

With a normal account, of The Bbc into question Some of The Landlords to check the bookings were still available.

"Yes, it is a room in a shared flat with me and two daughters to think they have The Room ," replied one.

Another said: "you will have your own room but with shared bathroom. Toilet and shower is shared with seven other rooms on the same floor. "

Neither owner asked if the booking was for a key worker.

Airbnb said it would take measures in response to the results.

Essential travel

The Front Remains the program is designed to last up to 100,000 skilled Workers and first-responders with accommodation in the vicinity of their patients and a safe distance from their own families.

government rules state that the tourism-related accommodation may be provided for only, the key Workers , who isolate themselves during the pandemic.

Airbnb has now its instant booking feature for the whole of the features disabled. It blocks the private room bookings for the last week.

last week, the tech company pledged to give $250 million (£201m) to the hosts, who had lost income as a result of the pandemic.

In a message to organizers on 31 March, chief executive Brian Chesky said: "If Your Business suffers, our economy suffers. "

A few days later, had announced that they raised $1 billion from investors through The Crisis .

The News site, the focus on longer-term stays.

He said The Company had changed its Front Page to promote such listings, and hosts about the benefits of had contacted bookings.

The Bbc has Airbnb asked for the comment.

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Source of news: bbc.com