COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 715 000 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 | 1 633 400 | 2 870 200 | 4 503 600 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 526 500 | 2 684 800 | 4 211 400 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 2), about 22 600 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 2 100 | 3 500 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 5 900 | 11 200 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 95% | 88% |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were four 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. Three of them were discharged and one person was admitted for observation.
Ends/Saturday, October 2, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:11
Issued at HKT 21:11
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