AS the lead activity to the commemoration of the 122nd founding anniversary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. spearheaded the conduct of the government agency’s blood donation drive, which was themed “Love in the Time of Covid.”
“This blood donation drive is the DFA’s response to the call of the Philippine Red Cross for blood donors to help save lives as the Philippines faces the… pandemic,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration J. Eduardo Malaya said. “There is no better time [to celebrate DFA Day than to] rededicate ourselves to the department’s mission.”
Ensuring the safety of blood-donation procedure, the activity at the headquarters observed physical distancing and other health-safety measures in compliance with the guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. A total of 67 DFA personnel volunteered to donate their blood. DFA
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