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Private vax sites boost vaccination program in Davao City

DAVAO CITY- People are making their way to fourth floor of Gaisano Mall, one of the popular malls here in Davao City. The people going up are not your regular mallgoers, the fourth floor is the access way to the mall’s The Peak area which in its heyday during pre-pandemic time hosted restaurants and coffee shops.   The pandemic forced many shops to close, the mall management decided to convert these vacant spaces into a vaccination site. The vaccination site at The Peak is organized by the Stella Maris Academy of Davao Alumni Association (SMADAA) and was intended for vaccinees belonging to the A4 sector. The organizers had named the vaccination project as One Good Jab. “It was a brainchild of a Marisian and a Gaisano Mall executive. They wanted vaccines to be available to Dabawenyos, that it would be very accessible and as much as possible it would not be overcrowded,” says Ana Caguiat, the vaccination executive manager and a member of the SMADAA Vaccination Program Execut...