The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 113 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 3 130 900 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 | 824 400 | 1 058 500 | 1 882 900 |
Second vaccine dose | 516 300 | 731 700 | 1 248 000 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (June 18), about 50 200 persons have received vaccination and about 26 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
Number of persons receiving first dose | 14 600 | 21 100 |
Number of persons receiving second dose | 5 300 | 9 200 |
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 98% |
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 8 000 | 18 700 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 13 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. Nine of them were discharged, three persons were admitted for observation and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.
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