THE COMMISSION on Higher Education on Wednesday began vaccinating around 300 student athletes, including those from UST, a program that is expected to help schools prepare for the new UAAP season.
Vaccinations will be an integral part for the UAAP’s 84th Season where every athlete, officials and coaches are required to be vaccinated in compliance with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF) guidelines.
“It’s better to be vaccinated because it’s for our own good,” UST Growling Tigers guard Nicael Cabañero told the Varsitarian.
Fellow Tiger Soulemane Chabi-Yo and UST women’s badminton team captain Elij Maridaine Peña were also inoculated.
The government’s pandemic task force requires full vaccination for face-to-face training and “bubble” activities.
“We will support everything that we could support sa IATF o NTF na talagang mabakunahan lahat ng players, staffs, coaches, at tsaka ‘yong mga sports personnels sa ating mga eskwelahan para makapag start na tayo ng mas maaga,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said during the ceremonial vaccination at the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
The UAAP is looking to start Season 84 in the first quarter of 2022 with basketball. Volleyball events are expected to start after Holy Week. Nicole Anne D. Bugauisan
