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The Araneta Group has extended the Quezon City government's free use of the Smart Araneta Coliseum, also known as "The Big Dome", as a designated mega facility for COVID-19 vaccination throughout the month of May, allowing the city more time to vaccinate its residents as it continues to ramp up its mass vaccination efforts. Araneta Group added that it will continue to augment the city's local doctors, health personnel from different villages, and individuals from volunteer organizations with its own medical doctors and nurses.
Capable of administering around 1,000 to 1,500 COVID-19 shots per day, the Smart Araneta Coliseum has been instrumental in enabling the Quezon City LGU to carry out its mass inoculation activities under safe conditions. Measures were strictly implemented to ensure the smooth flow of the people, provide physical distancing and other safety and sanitation efforts. “On the ground, we keep hearing about positive experiences not only from the vaccine recipients themselves but also from the medical staff there. This is why we are more than happy to extend the free use of the Big Dome as a mega vaccination site,” said Araneta Group's Senior Vice-President Flr Operations Antonio T. Mardo. “We applaud the Quezon City local government in effectively carrying out their mass vaccination efforts and we will continue to support them as we all work together toward our country’s full recovery.”
The free use of the Big Dome as a mega vaccination site is just one of the many initiatives of the Araneta Group aimed at uplifting lives amid an unprecedented health crisis. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the company has been implementing community initiatives for the benefit of various sectors. A majority of these projects were implemented by the Araneta Group's social development arm, the J. Amado Araneta Foundation (JAAF). These initiatives include the following: rice donations to three community pantries in Quezon City; JAAF grants for the construction of personal protective equipment donated to medical frontliners; the #AranetaBalikPasada program wherein more than 3,000 drivers, commuters, and Araneta City frontliners were given free medicine and immunity-boosting supplements; surprise lunch bundles for medical frontliners during the holidays; donation of alcohol to Brgy. Socorro Health Center; donation of COVID-19 test kits to the Quezon City LGU; and the #TogetherWeHeal donation drive, wherein those who can are encouraged to donate in cash or in kind to help indigent families affected by the pandemic.
To learn more about the initiatives of J. Amado Araneta Foundation (JAAF), visit the foundation's official Facebook page.
