COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 89th day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 2 200 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 278 600 persons have received their first dose, with about 548 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 730 600 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 921 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 405 300 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 516 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 25), about 25 000 persons have received vaccination and about 15 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 5 900 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 700 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 200 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 4 000 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 900 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 000 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 5 100 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 9 900 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 97 per cent; and
 
(v) about 5 300 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 10 400 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 nine cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, seven 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 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.