The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 129 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 3 961 700 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	1 005 600	1 364 800	2 370 400
Second vaccine dose	649 000	942 300	1 591 300

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 4), about 52 900 persons have received vaccination and about 30 000 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	5 900	20 900
Number of persons receiving second dose	9 800	16 300
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	4 800	25 100

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     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. Two of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation, two persons were discharged against medical advice and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Sunday, July 4, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:18

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