The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 133 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 4 207 000 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	1 052 800	1 456 400	2 509 200
Second vaccine dose	701 700	996 200	1 697 800

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 8), about 63 500 persons have received vaccination and about 34 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	11 100	24 200
Number of persons receiving second dose	13 500	14 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	5 700	29 000

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 10 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. Seven of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and two persons were discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Thursday, July 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:50

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