The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 231 days since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 8 855 500 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	1 651 500	2 895 600	4 547 000
Second vaccine dose	1 568 200	2 740 200	4 308 400

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 14), about 11 400 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	800	2 500
Number of persons receiving second dose	2 100	5 900
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	80%	74%

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 48 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were no cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority.

Ends/Thursday, October 14, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:40

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