The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 140 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 4 638 900 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	1 119 700	1 611 800	2 731 400
Second vaccine dose	788 900	1 118 500	1 907 500

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 15), about 63 200 persons have received vaccination and about 28 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	9 700	23 000
Number of persons receiving second dose	13 600	16 900
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	4 700	23 600

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 15 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. Eight of them were discharged, three persons were admitted for observation and four persons were discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Thursday, July 15, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:45

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