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By Global Times Published: Apr 23, 2021 01:40 AM
A medical worker injects a man with a dose of COVID-19 vaccine on a mobile vaccination vehicle outside the Donghua Gate of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, April 13, 2021. The bus-like facilities, equipped with vaccination stations, medical refrigerators and first-aid equipment, have been rolled out in different districts of Beijing to save time and improve inoculation efficiency.(Photo: Xinhua)
Shanghai and South China’s Guangdong Province have expanded COVID-19 vaccine provision to residents from the island of Taiwan with the same treatment as locals, as the mainland accelerates mass vaccination and tries to develop herd immunity as soon as possible.
1 2021-04-20 08:17:32Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
ECNS App Download Li Zhenghong, the president of the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM), takes the COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Malu Town of Jiading new city, east China s Shanghai, April 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
Shanghai started COVID-19 vaccination for Taiwan compatriots aged from 18 to 75 in the city on Monday following the principle of giving informed consent and voluntary participation.
Taiwan compatriots bearing residence permits or medical insurance certificates can register for vaccines in their place of residence on the premises of informed consent and volition, the same policy and procedure governing mainlanders, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a press conference in response to a query about the inoculation policy for the group on April
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Li Tzu-ying, a doctoral graduate of cultural studies from Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, became a university teacher in Fujian province－the closest mainland province to her hometown－in 2018. I was lucky to get the job on the mainland, which is beneficial for my research, said Li, who teaches and conducts research on the culture of southern Fujian and Taiwan at Minnan Normal University in the province s Zhangzhou city. There are many similarities between Fujian and Taiwan, including the same dialect, snacks and folk tales.