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A businessman or trader must remain focused on his long-term goal and ignore the temporary distractions that will eventually die down. It is important to remain calm despite the latest pandemic wave. As the daily Covid-19 infections reached a new record high last week, we need to keep in mind that other countries, such as the United States and those in Europe, are also registering daily infections by the hundreds of thousands.

Things are looking up for the tourism industry in 2023 despite the airport system glitch on January 1 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and on January 11 in the United States.

As I write this piece, the Department of Health (DOH) has just reported 33,160 new COVID-19 cases as part of this surge in coronavirus infections that we are currently experiencing. This Jan. 11 number is the highest ever since we started recording this type of data. This is a staggering number given the fact that this number was around 800-900 just about 12 days prior. This omicron variant means business. And experts predict that the number of daily cases will probably peak at 30,000 to 40,000 by end of January or early February.