COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 356 500 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 | 1 595 900 | 2 802 900 | 4 398 800 |
Second vaccine dose | 1 444 800 | 2 512 900 | 3 957 700 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 18), about 40 400 persons have received vaccination and about 3 800 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
Number of persons receiving first dose | 2 700 | 8 800 |
Number of persons receiving second dose | 7 300 | 21 700 |
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 94% | 89% |
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 700 | 3 200 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were six 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. Four of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Saturday, September 18, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:09
Issued at HKT 21:09
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