The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 146 days since February 26, 2021. The total number of vaccine doses administered has exceeded five million doses today (July 21).
      
     So far, about 5 014 300 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	1 172 300	1 750 300	2 922 600
Second vaccine dose	865 700	1 226 000	2 091 700

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today, about 60 700 persons have received vaccination and about 29 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	8 700	25 700
Number of persons receiving second dose	11 700	14 600
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	4 300	25 300

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 18 cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Fourteen 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/Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:06

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