Pakistani student Muhammad Sultan Irshad takes his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at the campus hospital in Hubei University in Wuhan, Hubei province on Tuesday. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
About 100 of its 230 foreign students applied within an hour, and family members of some students asked whether they could get vaccinated too. It shows their confidence in the anti-epidemic efforts of the Chinese government and Chinese vaccines, said Xu Hui, vice-president of the university's School of International Education, adding that vaccinations for foreign students will be organized on Thursday and Friday.
The School of International Education at Wuhan Textile University said it now has 12 foreign students in the city, nine of whom applied for vaccination. Six have been vaccinated. Another inoculation will be organized for the three others, it said.
People aged 18 to 59 in Wuhan have been allowed to apply for COVID-19 vaccine inoculation at designated community health service centers and hospitals since March 12, according to local authorities.
By Tuesday, 13 out of 30 international students at the Hubei University had been inoculated with a domestically made vaccine, and one student is waiting for it today, according to the university. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Any foreigner with a passport can apply to get vaccinated in Wuhan, according to a community hospital conducting vaccination.
More than 500,000 people in the city have had their first shot, and about 100,000 have finished two doses, data from the local health commission showed.
Yang Xiaobing, director of the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention's infectious disease prevention and control department, told Changjiang Daily that the city has a sufficient supply of COVID-19 vaccines and all service is free.
