The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 201 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 217 900 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	1 582 200	2 776 800	4 359 100
Second vaccine dose	1 414 400	2 444 500	3 858 900

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 14), about 29 800 persons have received vaccination and about 5 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	3 800	4 400
Number of persons receiving second dose	7 500	14 100
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	96%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	1 000	4 200

* 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 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. Four of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and three persons left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:31

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