The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 188 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 7 637 600 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	1 527 800	2 634 300	4 162 100
Second vaccine dose	1 298 900	2 176 700	3 475 600

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 1), about 49 200 persons have received vaccination and about 10 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	5 800	16 200
Number of persons receiving second dose	9 200	18 000
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	96%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	1 900	8 800

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 14 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. Ten of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation, two persons were discharged against medical advice and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:39

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