MANDALUYONG CITY --  As limited face-to-face classes begin, one of the seventeen (17) Bakuna Buses from the Philippine Red Cross(PRC) returns to the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila to vaccinate students on November 27, 2021. According to the PRC Health Services, "We are looking to vaccinate around 300 students that encompass students from the seven colleges around the campus."

"The Red Cross recognizes the role of UP Manila in shaping the future health workers of the country. We have deployed our Bakuna Bus here to protect the next generation of doctors, nurses, and medical personnel, as face-to-face classes begin,” PRC Chairman and CEO, Sen. Dick Gordon said in a statement.

This initiative was made possible through the efforts of the PRC - Manila Chapter and Upsilon Sigma Phi of the University of the Philippines as Chairman Gordon, a UP alumnus is also a member of the student organization.

The Philippine Red Cross is one with the government as it pushes for the implementation of face-to-face classes in selected schools as approved by the Department of Health and the IATF.

Last August 24, 2021, to help curb the pandemic, the PRC Bakuna Bus first drove to the Philippine General Hospital located in UP Manila aiming to vaccinate 300 individuals from the A1 to A5 COVID-19 priority groups.

To register for vaccination, call 1158 or email us at 1158-appoinments@redcross.org.ph. (Philippine Red Cross)