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City’s Taiwan residents line up for virus jab

By Wu Ruofan | 00:00 UTC+8 April 20, 2021 | Print Edition

The first batch of Taiwan residents in Shanghai received their first COVID-19 vaccination yesterday.

People from Taiwan living in Shanghai, aged 18 to 75, can make a reservation for a COVID-19 vaccination free of charge from yesterday.

By 2pm, about 30 Taiwan residents had arrived at the Guanghua Hospital in Changning District.

Each of them has a permit as a Taiwan resident or a medical insurance certificate for the Chinese mainland, which allows them to make and confirm appointments through the Health Cloud app.

Fang Yushu from Taipei was one who received her injection of the vaccine produced by Sinovac. She runs a new media marketing company in Shanghai.

Fang said she learned of the new policy of being allowed to get the vaccine from a WeChat group for Taiwan residents.

“I made a reservation for the vaccination at 11am on the Health Cloud app,” said Fang. “The process was quite smooth.”

She didn’t hesitate to get the vaccination as many of her friends who’d been vaccinated were all in good condition.

“I feel perfectly fine after the vaccination,” said Fang, adding she plans to encourage more workers in her company to get vaccinated after her successful jab.

Huang Xiaoting, who works at a bakery from Taiwan, also got the vaccination news from WeChat.

She registered right away after making inquiries at the sub-district in Hongqiao where she is based. “The registration was very convenient.

“I’ve been waiting for the vaccination for a long time,” said Huang. “I’m very excited that the pandemic is going to be contained gradually.”

Grateful for the free vaccination, Huang hoped some other workers from Taiwan at her company without a residence permit could be able to get the injection soon.

“I think there’s no other country in the world that is on par with China in terms of the prevention and control of COVID-19,” she said. “So there’s no need to worry about the efficacy of the vaccines. This is no joke.”

Those without residence permits or medical insurance certificates, can make reservations with their Chinese mainland travel permit and wait for further notice, while Injections for Taiwan students and teachers will be organized by local schools.

Zhang Bonan, a lawyer from Taiwan, said he got the information from the city’s Taiwan affairs office.

“The whole procedure from registration to vaccination took me only 3 to 5 minutes,” said Zhang.

Yang Qinming who works for an export trade company in Gubei, said he wished to receive the vaccination as soon as possible for safety reasons.

“I signed up in my neighborhood and came to the vaccination site as early as possible today,” said Yang on Monday. “I feel very thankful that people from Taiwan are not left behind.”

After a 30-minute medical observation, the recipients were advised to take a good rest after going home and drink water.

They need to get their second doses after at least 21 days.

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