COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 893 500 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 | 1 655 900 | 2 902 800 | 4 558 800 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 579 500 | 2 755 200 | 4 334 700 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 16), about 18 500 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 2 300 | 3 900 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 4 300 | 8 100 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 85% | 89% |
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. One of them was discharged and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Saturday, October 16, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:15
Issued at HKT 21:15
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