Coronavirus Watch: Catch COVID this summer? Don't expect an Airbnb refund

If you catch COVID-19 ahead of your summer vacation, don't expect an Airbnb refund.

More than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbnb says it will no longer refund trips disrupted by an infection.

The short-term rental company’s policy offered refunds or travel credit for reservations interrupted by a guest or host contracting the virus. That ends May 31, although qualifying reservations made before then are still eligible for refunds.

Read more from Reporter Bailey Schulz here.

It's Monday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news to know:

• Taiwan is now facing its worst outbreak since the pandemic's onset, with over 11,000 new cases reported Thursday.
• The FDA has set tentative dates to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for young children in the U.S. in June. The step is typically the final part of the process for the authority before authorizing the shots.
• Oktoberfest, the popular annual beer festival in Munich, Germany, is on again this year, according to the city, after a two-year pause due to the pandemic.

See our COVID-19 resource guide here. See total reported cases and deaths here. On vaccinations: About 77% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 66% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

– Cady Stanton, Paste BN Nation NOW reporter, @cady_stanton