Huangpu begins vaccination for foreigners

Lingnan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University began providing COVID-19 vaccination to Hong Kong and Macao people and foreigners in Guangzhou's Huangpu district on April 16.

A total of 81 foreigners and three Hong Kong people were vaccinated on a voluntary basis that day. Jesse Duthrie, a US senior technical expert of Lonza said that he is confident of Chinese vaccines and made the reservation as soon as Huangpu launched vaccination for foreigners.

A foreigner receives COVID-19 vaccination in Lingnan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.

The Lingnan Hospital has set up English signboards, assigned medial staff versed in foreign languages and prepared multilingual informed consents and statements by which foreigners bear personal responsibility for all risks.

The Huangpu foreign affairs office has attached great importance to the connection between local enterprises and their foreign employees, and has teamed up with local health authorities and hospitals to ensure they can receive vaccines the same as Chinese mainland people, reflecting the prominent business environment in Huangpu, said Qiu Zhongqiang, vice president of Procter & Gamble.

The move has further increased the sense of belonging of foreigners, and their confidence in investing in Huangpu, which will attract more excellent foreign enterprises and overseas talents to the district.

As of April 17, Huangpu had administered COVID-19 vaccine to 244,882 people.

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