The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 195 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 7 967 500 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	1 558 900	2 726 000	4 284 900
Second vaccine dose	1 363 100	2 319 500	3 682 600

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 8), about 39 900 persons have received vaccination and about 8 000 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	4 400	7 700
Number of persons receiving second dose	9 200	18 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	96%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	1 400	6 600

* 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 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, and one person was discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:21

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