The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 236 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 923 300 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	1 660 600	2 909 500	4 570 000
Second vaccine dose	1 587 200	2 766 000	4 353 200

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 19), about 9 300 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	1 800	2 300
Number of persons receiving second dose	2 600	2 800
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	90%

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 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/Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:31

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