Health workers (in blue) check identification documents of people queueing up for Coronavirus swab tests outside a gymnasium in Manila on Friday, January 7, 2022, as infections driven by the Omicron variant have tripled in the last two days in the nation's capital. - AFP
MANILA, Jan 7 (Bloomberg): A surge in Covid-19 cases has prompted airlines in the Philippines to cancel flights, while the health department warned of delays in virus test results amid staff shortage in laboratories.
"Some cancellations or schedule adjustments are likely,” billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Inc. said in a statement Friday. Many employees in ticket offices, contact centers and support teams can’t report to work, it said.
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