Ayala Corp. backs Task Force Test, Trace, Treat, the government’s partnership with the private sector to rapidly ramp up the national health care system’s capacity to beat COVID-19.
Ayala donated all the testing booths for the four mega swabbing centers that were launched at the Palacio de Maynila Tent on Roxas Boulevard, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Enderun Colleges in Taguig City, and the Philippine Arena in Bulacan.
The goal of the mega swabbing centers is to swab 55,000 individuals in the Greater Manila Area over the next three weeks.
125,000 Filipinos have been swabbed nationwide over the past three months. The massive swabbing operation will prioritize 25,000 repatriated overseas Filipino workers who are currently quarantined in hotels and quarantine facilities, and 30,000 individuals who are suspects, probables, and healthcare workers who are constantly exposed to the virus.
“We are fully committed to helping the government in its drive to beat COVID-19. We completely agree with its whole of nation approach, where government, the private sector, and our citizenry unite to overcome this extraordinary crisis,” said Ayala Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.
“In particular, we support the IATF’s focus on rapidly ramping up testing and the country’s healthcare capacity, as we believe these are key to saving both lives and livelihoods during this pandemic.”
The Ayala Group of Companies is supporting the government’s efforts in other areas as well. Last month, several Ayala companies (Ayala Land, Globe, Manila Water, IMI, and AC Energy) partnered with ICCP, Manila Exhibition Center, the Bases Conversion Development Authority, and the government to convert the World Trade Center Metro Manila in Pasay City into a 500-bed quarantine facility with safe, clean, and controlled isolation cubicles.
“We are grateful to the Ayala Group for partnering with us in this time of major crisis. We call on everyone to support Task Force T3, because rapid and massive testing, tracing and treating are the keys to defeating COVID-19,” Vince Dizon, deputy chief implementer of the government’s COVID-19 response.
“With our ‘bayanihan’ spirit, where the government, the private sector and our people are united, we are confident that we can heal as one,” said Dizon.
