A total of 62,000 Taiwan compatriots received COVID-19 shots on the Chinese mainland by the end of May according to incomplete statistics, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

A Taiwan compatriot receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in east China's Shanghai, April 19, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Ma reiterated that the mainland will provide utmost assistance to Taiwan compatriots willing to get injected.