The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 111 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 3 041 700 doses of vaccines have been administered under the Vaccination Programme. Details are as follows:
Number of persons receiving Sinovac vaccine | Number of persons receiving BioNTech vaccine | Total number of doses | |
First vaccine dose | 795 500 | 1 022 400 | 1 817 900 |
Second vaccine dose | 507 200 | 716 600 | 1 223 800 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (June 16), about 35 400 persons have received vaccination and about 30 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
Number of persons receiving first dose | 13 800 | 13 300 |
Number of persons receiving second dose | 2 900 | 5 400 |
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 97% |
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 9 100 | 21 500 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were eight cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Six of them were discharged and two persons were discharged against medical advice.
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