COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 225 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 801 300 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 1 645 500 2 885 500 4 531 000
Second vaccine dose 1 552 900 2 717 300 4 270 300
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 8), about 15 300 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 1 600 2 800
Number of persons receiving second dose 4 800 6 100
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 93% 83%
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were two 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. Both of them were discharged.

Ends/Friday, October 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:13

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