The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 81st day since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 1 984 300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 180 400 persons have received their first dose, with about 509 900 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 670 600 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 803 800 persons have received their second dose, with about 372 500 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 431 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 17), about 29 200 persons have received vaccination and about 13 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 4 500 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 000 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 400 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 4 700 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 200 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 600 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 8 000 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 11 900 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 4 400 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 8 900 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 four cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, two persons were discharged and two persons were admitted for observation (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 43 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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