The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 240 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 8 972 000 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 | 1 668 100 | 2 919 700 | 4 587 700 |
Second vaccine dose | 1 600 000 | 2 784 300 | 4 384 300 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 23), about 14 100 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
Number of persons receiving first dose | 1 500 | 3 100 |
Number of persons receiving second dose | 3 800 | 5 800 |
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 95% | 87% |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were three cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or a Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Station. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. All of them were discharged.
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