The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 19 days since February 26.
In the past 24 hours ending at 8pm today (March 16), the following figures were recorded:
(i) About 10 200 persons received their first dose of Sinovac vaccine, including about 6 200 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 500 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme; and
(ii) About 13 000 persons received their first dose of BioNTech vaccine at 19 CVCs.
(iii) A total of about 23 200 persons received their first dose of vaccine.
The overall percentage of people who have received Sinovac vaccine at eight CVCs today is about 75 per cent, while the overall percentage of people who have received BioNTech vaccine at 19 CVCs today is about 93 per cent.
So far, a cumulative total of about 229 300 persons have received their first vaccination dose (Annex 1), with about 176 300 persons receiving Sinovac vaccine and about 53 000 persons receiving BioNTech vaccine.
As of 8pm today, about 30 800 persons had reserved their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online in the past 24 hours, while about 113 200 persons had reserved their first and second doses of the BioNTech vaccine online.
In the past 24 hours ending at 0000 hours today, there were 11 cases of ambulance transfer to hospital. Among them, nine cases were discharged and two cases were admitted for observation (Annex 2).
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