​The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 131 days since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 4 086 000 doses of vaccines have been administered under the Vaccination Programme. Details are as follows:
 

	Number of persons receiving Sinovac vaccine	Number of persons receiving BioNTech vaccine	Total number of doses
First vaccine dose	1 030 300	1 410 500	2 440 800
Second vaccine dose	676 000	969 300	1 645 300

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 6), about 59 700 persons have received vaccination and about 37 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	11 900	22 000
Number of persons receiving second dose	12 900	12 900
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	100%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	6 700	31 000

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 18 cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Fourteen of them were discharged, two persons were admitted for observation and two persons left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:56

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