The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 221 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 745 400 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	1 637 000	2 875 400	4 512 400
Second vaccine dose	1 534 700	2 698 300	4 233 000

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 4), about 17 600 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	2 600	2 900
Number of persons receiving second dose	6 000	6 200
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	91%

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

Ends/Monday, October 4, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:20

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