The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 70th day since February 26, 2021.

     So far, about 1 624 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 021 200 persons have received their first dose, with about 462 900 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 558 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 602 800 persons have received their second dose, with about 330 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 272 100 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.

     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 6), about 30 300 persons have received vaccination and about 17 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:

(i) About 5 100 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 100 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 000 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;

(ii) about 3 000 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 700 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 1 300 persons at private doctors and clinics;

(iii) about 10 700 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 11 600 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;

(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; and

(v) about 4 100 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 13 500 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the BioNTech vaccine.

     In the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 13 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, nine persons were discharged, three persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).

     As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 41 cases of stroke or myocardial infarction that required admission to the Intensive Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit and Cardiac Care Unit of public hospitals. The state of new cases admitted to the wards concerned is provided as a cross reference to enhance fuller public understanding of cases of the kind recorded on vaccine recipients.

Ends/Thursday, May 6, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:58

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