MANILA, Philippines – The office of Vice President Leni Robredo announced it will provide free shuttle service for health workers that will be operational starting Wednesday, March 18.

The announcement comes amid the shutdown of mass transportation in Luzon, which was placed under lockdown from Tuesday, March 17, until April 12 due to the novel coronavirus.

The free shuttle is only for health workers and frontliners. To avail of the free ride, a valid ID from a hospital must be presented.

At the station, passengers will need to have their temperatures checked and their hands sanitized with alcohol. They also need to register in a logbook before riding. Social distancing measures will also be in place.

Below are the 7 routes that will pass several hospitals across the metro, updated as of Wednesday, March 25:

Route 1: Starmall Alabang to Chinese General Hospital (6 am and 2 pm)

• Starmall Alabang
• RITM Alabang
• Sucat Exit (footbridge)
• Bicutan Exit (footbridge)
• LRT1 Gil Puyat Station
• Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health
• Knox United Methodist Church, Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital
• Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, San Lazaro Hospital, Department of Health
• Chinese General Hospital (PNB Blumentritt cor Leonor Rivera St.)

Route 2: Heritage Hotel, Pasay to Lung Center of the Philippines (5:40 am and 1:40 pm)

• Heritage Hotel, EDSA extension
• LRT1 Gil Puyat Station
• Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health
• Manila Doctors Hospital, ManilaMed – Medical Center Manila (Taft Avenue corner UN Avenue – Luneta)
• Liwasang Bonifacio
• UST Hospital (España, UST Gate 2)
• United Doctors Medical Center 
• Philippine Orthopedic Center, Fe Del Mundo Medical Center (Banawe corner Quezon Avenue)
• St. Luke’s Medical Center, National Children’s Hospital, De Los Santos Medical Center (S&R E. Rodriguez)
• Capitol Medical Center
• Quezon Avenue corner EDSA
• Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine Children’s Medical Center

Route 3: SM MOA Globe corner EDSA, Pasay to Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (5 am and 1 pm)

• SM MOA Globe corner EDSA
• EDSA-Taft LRT1/MRT3 Station
• MRT3 Ayala Station
• MRT3 Buendia Station
• MRT3 Guadalupe Station
• MRT3 Shaw Station
• The Medical City
• LRT2 Cubao Station
• Quirino Memorial Medical Center 
• LRT2 Santolan Station
• Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta
• Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center

Route 4: EDSA extension corner Macapagal Avenue, Pasay to Manila Central University Hospital (5 am and 1 pm)

• EDSA corner Macapagal Avenue
• EDSA-Taft LRT1/MRT3 Station
• MRT3 Ayala Station
• MRT3 Shaw Station
• Cardinal Santos Medical Center
• MRT3 Cubao Station
• V. Luna General Hospital
• Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center
• Quezon City General Hospital, ACE Medical Center (Seminary Road corner EDSA)
• LRT1 Monumento Station, Manila Central University Hospital

Route 5: SM Fairview, Quezon City to Lawton (5 am and 1 pm)

• SM Fairview
• Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Medical Center (Commonwealth corner Regalado Avenue)
• Diliman Doctors Hospital
• V. Luna General Hospital
• Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue Medical Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• Philippine Children’s Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines
• Capitol Medical Center
• Philippine Orthopedic Center, Fe Del Mundo Medical Center (Banawe corner Quezon Avenue)
• United Doctors Medical Center
• UST Hospital
• Lawton

Route 6: Heritage Hotel Edsa Extension to LRT1 Balintawak Station (5:30 am and 1:30 pm)

• Heritage Hotel EDSA Extension
• Makati Medical Center
• Estrella
• Cardinal Santos Medical Center (EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue)
• The Medical City
• MRT3 Santolan–Annapolis Station
• MRT3 Cubao Station
• MRT3 GMA–Kamuning Station
• MRT3 Quezon Avenue Station
• SM North EDSA
• Quezon City General Hospital, ACE Medical Center (Seminary Road corner EDSA)
• LRT1 Balintawak Station

Route 7: SM Masinag to Philippine General Hospital (5:00 am and 1:00 pm)

• SM Masinag
• LRT2 Santolan Station
• Cubao/EDSA corner E. Rodriguez
• St. Luke’s Medical Center, National Children’s Hospital, De Los Santos Medical Center (S&R E. Rodriguez)
• University of the East – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
• Philippine Orthopedic Center, Fe Del Mundo Medical Center (Banawe corner Quezon Avenue)
• United Doctors Medical Center
• UST Hospital (España, UST Gate 2)
• Lawton/LRT1 Central Station
• Manila Doctors Hospital, ManilaMed – Medical Center Manila (Taft Avenue corner UN Avenue)
• Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health

As of Tuesday, March 24, the Philippines has a total of 552 cases of the novel coronavirus, with 20 recoveries and 35 deaths.

The global death toll, meanwhile, has reached 17,241, with 3,271 of the fatalities in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) and 6,077 of them in Italy. The number of cases worldwide has risen to 395,647, with at least 81,588 of the infections in China and 63,927 in Italy. The virus has spread to at least 169 countries. – Rappler.com