COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 913 900 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 | 1 658 800 | 2 907 200 | 4 566 000 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 584 700 | 2 763 300 | 4 347 900 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 18), about 12 200 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 2 100 | 2 600 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 3 700 | 3 900 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 91% | 89% |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were three 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. All of them were discharged.
Ends/Monday, October 18, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:11
Issued at HKT 21:11
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