The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 150 days since February 26, 2021
 
     So far, about 5 270 100 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	1 206 700	1 825 600	3 032 200
Second vaccine dose	913 900	1 324 000	2 237 800

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 25), about 56 000 persons have received vaccination and about 21 900 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	6 000	19 500
Number of persons receiving second dose	8 000	22 500
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	3 300	18 600

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were eight 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. Seven of them were discharged and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Sunday, July 25, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:45

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