Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 29) — Government agencies and various groups have announced that they will provide free rides to health workers and frontliners in Metro Manila to help them fulfill their functions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in the country.
Centris Station (EDSA/Q.Ave.) — Providence Hospital — Capitol Medical Center — Philippine Orthopedic Center —United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda) — National Children’s Hospital — De Los Santos Medical Center — St. Luke’s Medical Center E. Rodriguez — UERM Memorial Medical Center — MRT-3 Cubao Station
ROUTE 1: RITM Alabang to Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
RITM Alabang — Magallanes SLEX MRT (via Osmeña Highway, via Quirino Ave.) — Taft Ave. LRT — PGH / UP-NIH — Lawton LRT — Carriedo LRT — Recto LRT — Tayuman LRT — Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
ROUTE 2: Heritage Hotel, Pasay to EDSA Quezon Avenue MRT3
Heritage Hotel EDSA ext (via Roxas Blvd., via Quirino Ave.) — Taft Ave. LRT — PGH / UP-NIH — Manila City Hall (via Quiapo) — UST Hospital — UDMC (via Welcome Rotonda, via Quezon Ave.) — Phil. Orthopedic Center (Banawe, via Araneta Ave. — EDSA Quezon Ave. MRT
ROUTE 3: SM MOA, Pasay to Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta
SM MOA Globe EDSA — EDSA Taft LRT / MRT — Magallanes MRT — Guadalupe MRT — Shaw MRT — Cubao MRT / LRT2 (via Aurora Blvd., via C5 ext.) — QMMC (via C5 / Marcos Highway) — Santolan LRT2 — Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta
ROUTE 4: EDSA Macapagal Ave., Pasay to LRT1 Monumento Station, Caloocan
EDSA ext. / Macapagal Ave. — EDSA Taft LRT / MRT — Magallanes MRT — Shaw MRT — Cubao MRT / LRT2 — East Ave. Medical Center — Phil. Heart Center — Lung Center of the Phils. (via Quezon Memorial Circle) — VMMC (via EDSA) — Monumento LRT
ROUTE 5: SM Fairview, Quezon City to LRT1 Lawton, Central Station
SM Fairview (via Commonwealth Ave, via Quezon Memorial Circle) — East Ave. Medical Center — Phil. Heart Center — Lung Center of the Phils. (via Agham Road, via Quezon Ave.) — Phil. Orthopedic Center — UDMC (Welcome Rotonda, via España) — UST Hospital — Lawton LRT
ROUTE 6: LRT1 Balintawak, Quezon City to Heritage Hotel, Pasay
Balintawak LRT — Quezon Ave. MRT — GMA – Kamuning MRT — Cubao MRT — Santolan–Annapolis MRT — Ortigas MRT — EDSA cor. Kalayaan Ave. — Ayala MRT — Magallanes MRT — Heritage Hotel EDSA ext.
ROUTE 9: Southwest Area (Vista Mall Daang Hari – United Doctors Medical Center)
ROUTE 5: East Area (Ortigas Hospital and Healthcare – Rizal Medical Center)
The entire Luzon island group has been under an enhanced community quarantine since Tuesday midnight to contain the spread of the virus. Mass public transportation services were suspended, while land, air and sea travel are restricted.
Ortigas Hospital and Healthcare (Cainta) — SM City East Ortigas — Pasig City General Hospital — The Medical City Ortigas — Robinsons Galleria — VRP Medical Center — St. Luke’s Medical Center — Rizal Medical Center
Office of the Vice President (free shuttle service)
The Office of the Vice President has provided a list of routes that are available at 6am, 11am, and 4pm, which will pass several hospitals in the metro:
To date, the Philippines already has over 1,000 COVID-19 cases, with 68 fatalities.
ROUTE 4: East Area (SM City Masinag – The Medical City Ortigas)
According to the World Health Organization, the most commonly reported symptoms are fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. WHO said eight in ten, or around 80 percent, of infected patients experience “mild illness” and eventually recover from COVID-19. Some 14 percent experience severe illness while 5 percent were critically ill.
To prevent infection, authorities urge people to practice regular hand washing, cover their mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, and avoid close contact with those who exhibit virus symptoms.
Hospital workers must present a valid ID to avail of the free rides. Before entering, they will have to undergo temperature check and sanitation measures. Social distancing will also be observed inside the buses.
ROUTE 7: Central/East Area (Pasig City General Hospital – Makati Medical Center)
Department of Transportation (free bus service)
The Department of Transportation has also partnered with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, the Philippine Coast Guard, and the Department of Public Works and Highways to provide free bus rides for health workers. These are the routes:
ROUTE 1: North West Area (Malanday – United Doctors Medical Center)
Malanday — Valenzuela City General Hospital — Monumento/MCU Hospital — Tondo General Hospital — Our Lady of Fatima — Metropolitan Medical Center — San Lazaro Hospital — Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center — University of Sto. Tomas Hospital — Chinese General Hospital — United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)
ROUTE 2: North West Area (Valenzuela Gateway Complex – United Doctors Medical Center)
Valenzuela Gateway Complex — Quezon City General Hospital — Balintawak — MCU Hospital — Our Lady of Fatima — Chinese General Hospital — Philippine Orthopedic Center — United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)
ROUTE 3: North East Area (Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial – Centris Station)
SM City San Jose del Monte (Bulacan) — Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial (Caloocan) — SM Fairview — Diliman Doctors Hospital — Veterans Memorial Medical Center — Lung Center of the Philippines — Philippine Heart Center — East Avenue Medical Center — Philippine Children’s Hospital — Centris Station (EDSA/Q.Ave.)
ROUTE 6: Central Area (Centris Station – MRT-3 Cubao Station)
#RockEdCarpool (private car rides)
Advocacy group RockEd Philippines also launched #RockEdCarpool, a movement which organizes carpool services to get health workers to and from their duties.
SM City Masinag — Marikina Valley Medical Center — Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center — BFCT East Metro Transport Terminal — Quirino Memorial Medical Center — Araneta Center Bus Terminal — Robinsons Galleria — The Medical City Ortigas
Pasig City General Hospital — Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral — Pasig Rotonda Rizal Medical Center — The Medical City (Ortigas) — Robinsons Galleria — Cardinal Santos Medical Center — VRP Medical Center — National Center for Mental Health — Makati Medical Center
Volunteers and health workers may join this Facebook group to take part or make carpool requests.
Philippine Army (free rides from army vehicles)
The Philippine Army also said Wednesday that it is giving free rides, not just for medical health workers, but also those in the food industry and other basic services
Utilizing army vehicles, it said that its routes are the following:
CAVITEX to Manila area and vice versa
Mall of Asia to Paranaque area and vice versa
Guadalupe to SM North, Quezon City and vice versa
Ortigas Center to Sampaloc, Manila and vice versa
Ortigas Mandaluyong to Taytay, Rizal and vice versa
Araneta Center Cubao to SM Masinag, Marikinna and vice versa
SM North EDSA to Fairview Terraces, Quezon City and vice versa
Vista Mall, Daang Hari — Perpetual Help Medical Center Las Pinas — Las Pinas General Hospital — Baclaran Market — San Juan de Dios Educational Medical Center — Pasay City General Hospital — Adventist Medical Center — Makati Medical Center — Philippine General Hospital — Manila Doctors Hospital — United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)
Taguig Local Government
ROUTE 8: Southeast Area (Starmall Alabang – St. Luke’s Medical Center BGC)
RITM — Asian Hospital and Medical Center — Muntinlupa City Hospital — South Station — SLEX Sucat Exit — Bicutan Exit — Makati Medical Center — St. Luke’s Medical Center BGC
Gat Andres — Market Market
Global Gas Station — Market Market
Pio Felipe cor. ML Quezon — Market Market
Waterfun — DOST
Waterfun — Market Market
Petron (Diego Silang) — Market Market
Caltex Tenement —Market Market
ROUTE 10: South East Area (RITM – Starmall, Alabang)
Caltex Tenement — DOST
DOST — Jollibee (Lower Bicutan) — Global Gas Station
DOST — Jollibee (Lower Bicutan) — Bagumbayan (Dulo)
DOST — TPDH —Market Market
Bagumbayan (Lakefront) — Global Gas Station
RITM — Asian Hospital and Medical Center — Muntinlupa City Hospital — Starmall (Alabang)
Bagumbayan — DOST
Gate 3 — Market Market
Kalayaan — Market Market Jollibee (Shell near St. Lukes)
ROUTE 11: Southeast Area (Starmall Alabang – Manila Doctors Hospital)
Ususan/Pateros (Shell) — Global Gas Station
(Point to Point, 6am to 9pm)
Within city pick-up points with shuttle
Starmall – Alabang — SLEX Sucat Exit — Bicutan Exit — Petron East Service Road — Taguig District Hospital — Shell Andrews Avenue, cor. Aurora Blvd. — EDSA – Taft LRT-1 — Pasay General Hospital — Gil Puyat Station LRT-1 — Philippine General Hospital — Manila Doctors Hospital
Pio Felipe
Waterfun
Petron Diego Silang
Caltex Tenement
Boundaries with shuttle
DOST
Bagumbayan
Gate 3
Kalayaan Gate 1
Ususan Shell
ROUTE 12: Southwest Area (Dasmarinas, Pala Pala – Manila Doctors Hospital)
Ligid Barangay Hall
Dasmarinas, Pala Pala — Imus Transport Plaza — Las Pinas General Hospital — Baclaran Market — Gil Puyat Station LRT1 — Adventist Medical Center Manila — Philippine General Hospital — Manila Doctors Hospital
ROUTE 13: South Area (Seaoil Imus – Starmall Alabang)
Seaoil Imus Daang Hari/Aguinaldo — Imus Transport Terminal — Las Pinas General Hospital — Perpetual Help Medical Center — RITM — Asian Hospital and Medical Center — Muntinlupa Hospital — Starmall Alabang
ROUTE 14: East Area (SM City Taytay – St. Luke’s Medical Center)
SM City Taytay — SM City East Ortigas — The Medical City — Robinsons Galleria — Cardinal Santos Medical Center — SM City Sta. Mesa — De Los Santos Medical Center — St. Luke’s Medical Center
ROUTE 15: South Area (SLEX Sucat Exit – Philippine General Hospital)
SLEX Sucat Exit — Medical Center Paranaque — Unihealth Paranaque Hospital & Medical Center — Olivarez General Hospital — The Premier Medical Center — Baclaran Market — Pasay City General Hospital — Adventist Medical Center — Philippine General Hospital
ROUTE 16: East Area (SM City San Mateo – Robinsons Galleria)
SM City San Mateo — St. Vincent Hospital — Immaculate Conception Hospitaal — Marikina Valley Medical Center — Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center — St. Anthony Medical Center — BCFT East Metro Transport Terminal — Quirino Memorial Medical Center — The Medical City Ortigas — Robinsons Galleria
ROUTE 17: North East Area (SM City SJDM – SM Fairview)
SM City SJDM — North Caloocan Doctors Hospital — Dr. Jose Rodriguez Memorial — Bagong Silang Market — National Center for Mental Health — Caloocan City North Medical Center — Almar Market — Novaliches Market/Queensbery Hospital — Bernardino General Hospital II — SM Fairview/Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center
ROUTE 18: South West Area (Robinsons Place General Trias – Baclaran Market)
Robinsons Place General Trias — San Pedro Calungsod Medical Center — Binakayan Hospital and Medical Center — St. Dominic Medical Center — Baclaran Market
ROUTE 19: South East Area (First Cabuyao Hospital – Starmall Alabang)
First Cabuyao Hospital and Medical Center — Balibago Transport Terminal – Sta. Rosa — Caltex Rizal Blvd. — Perpetual Help Medical Center Binan — Binan Community Hospital — Westlake Medical Center — Divine Mercy Hospital — SM Center Muntinlupa — Medical Center Muntinlupa — Starmall – Alabang
