The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 171 days since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 6 635 100 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	1 413 500	2 314 800	3 728 300
Second vaccine dose	1 128 800	1 777 900	2 906 700

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 15), about 55 300 persons have received vaccination and about 11 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	4 800	24 800
Number of persons receiving second dose	6 300	19 400
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	2 100	9 600

* 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/Sunday, August 15, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:01

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