COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 801 300 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 | 1 645 500 | 2 885 500 | 4 531 000 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 552 900 | 2 717 300 | 4 270 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 8), about 15 300 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 1 600 | 2 800 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 4 800 | 6 100 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 93% | 83% |
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. Both of them were discharged.
Ends/Friday, October 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:13
Issued at HKT 21:13
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