COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 82nd day since February 26, 2021.

     So far, about 2 010 300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 193 600 persons have received their first dose, with about 515 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 678 500 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 816 700 persons have received their second dose, with about 376 900 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 439 800 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.

     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 18), about 25 900 persons have received vaccination and about 12 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:

(i) About 5 200 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 600 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 700 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;

(ii) about 4 400 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 100 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 300 persons at private doctors and clinics;

(iii) about 7 800 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 8 400 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 3 800 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 8 400 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, one person was admitted for observation and two persons were discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).

     As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 61 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.