The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 88th day since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 2 175 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 267 500 persons have received their first dose, with about 542 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 725 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 907 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 401 300 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 506 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 24), about 28 300 persons have received vaccination and about 15 900 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 6 000 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 700 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 300 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 4 200 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 100 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 100 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 6 600 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 11 500 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 5 000 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 10 900 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 seven cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, five persons were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 29 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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