The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 77th day since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 1 856 600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 123 400 persons have received their first dose, with about 493 500 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 629 900 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 733 200 persons have received their second dose, with about 355 200 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 378 000 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 13), about 25 700 persons have received vaccination and about 10 400 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 3 600 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 600 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 000 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 3 800 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 700 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 100 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 7 600 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 10 700 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;
(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; and
(v) about 2 700 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 7 600 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were six cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, three persons were discharged, two persons were discharged against medical advice and one person was admitted and was in critical condition (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 49 cases of stroke or myocardial infarction that required admission to the Intensive Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit and Cardiac Care Unit of public hospitals. The state of new cases admitted to the wards concerned is provided as a cross reference to enhance fuller public understanding of cases of the kind recorded on vaccine recipients.
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