​The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 234 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 8 901 700 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 | 1 656 700 | 2 904 700 | 4 561 400 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 580 900 | 2 759 400 | 4 340 300 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 17), about 8 200 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 800 | 1 800 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 1 400 | 4 100 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 95% | 86% |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
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.
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