The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 142 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 4 771 400 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	1 137 900	1 652 500	2 790 400
Second vaccine dose	818 500	1 162 500	1 981 000

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 17), about 63 300 persons have received vaccination and about 31 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	7 600	19 000
Number of persons receiving second dose	14 200	22 500
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	98%	99%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	3 900	27 300

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were nine cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Six of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and two persons left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Saturday, July 17, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:26

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