PRC launches mobile vaccine buses for poor communities

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has launched a mobile vaccination program using buses to reach poor communities and individuals in the A5 category, including fisherfolk and industrial workers.

The initiative, in partnership with UBE Express of the Bert Lina Group of Companies, deploys 'bakuna buses' in Mandaluyong, Marikina, and Navotas.

Each bus is equipped with a cold chain system, mobile refrigerator, and vaccine cabinet to ensure proper vaccine administration.

These buses were previously utilized for inoculating children against polio and measles-rubella.

PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon noted that a limitation in vaccine supplies is affecting the rollout, stating that more vaccines are needed for immediate deployment.

Recipients must pre-register for vaccination through coordination with the concerned local government unit.