The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 232 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 8 874 900 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 | 1 653 600 | 2 899 000 | 4 552 600 |
Second vaccine dose | 1 575 200 | 2 747 100 | 4 322 300 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 15), about 19 400 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
Number of persons receiving first dose | 2 100 | 3 400 |
Number of persons receiving second dose | 6 900 | 7 000 |
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 98% | 86% |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there was one case of ambulance transfer to hospital from a CVC. The person was sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and was in stable condition. The person was discharged against medical advice.
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