MANDALUYONG CITY -- Helping boost the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program, the Philippine Red Cross(PRC) has vaccinated 1,578 pediatric clients aged 12-17 years olf without comorbidities in the six Department of Health accredited PRC Bakuna Centers  as of November 13, 2021.

Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon hopes that more children can get vaccinated now as they are also at risk, especially with the opening of face-to-face classes this week.

" As the active ally of the government, we will continue with our unwavering commitment to vaccinate more people against COVID-19. We want to be able to reach out to more Filipinos and get them vaccinated. In this way, people can now safely go back to work and their schools, we can open up the economy and help end the Covid-19 pandemic," Gordon reiterates.

The PRC Health Services team expects more pediatric clients for the whole month of November and in more PRC Bakuna Centers since this initiative began two weeks ago.

As of November 2021, the following PRC Bakuna Centers are now accredited by the DOH; PRC PLMC, PRC Port Area, PRC Manila Letran, PRC Bataan Penelco, PRC Pangasinan CB Mall, and PRC Zamboanga City.

The PRC has vaccinated 408,678 individuals as of November 12, 2021, while fully vaccinating 171,058 in its 25 Bakuna Centers and 17 Bakuna Buses nationwide ever since operations began last March 2021. (Philippine Red Cross)