Qatar Airways lays off about 200 Filipinos as coronavirus hits travel

MANILA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways unexpectedly laid off about 200 Filipino staff in Qatar this week as the coronavirus outbreak forces the Middle East airline to slash flights, Philippine Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello told Reuters on Wednesday."Our labour attache is under strict instructions to determine what is the real cause of the decision of management to retrench them on the basis of redundancy," he told Reuters.Qatar Airways did not respond to a request for comment.The layoffs were..