​The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 91st day since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 2 250 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 302 500 persons have received their first dose, with about 560 200 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 742 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 947 700 persons have received their second dose, with about 413 600 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 534 100 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 27), about 26 000 persons have received vaccination and about 20 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 6 400 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 900 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 400 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 4 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 900 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 6 200 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 9 100 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 95 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; and
(v) about 6 600 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 13 600 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 11 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, seven persons were discharged, one person was discharged against medical advice, two persons left the hospital without seeking any consultation and one person was admitted and was in serious condition (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 51 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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