The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 29th day since February 26.
So far, a total of about 435 100 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (Annex 1). Among them, about 429 500 persons received their first dose with about 278 200 persons receiving Sinovac vaccine and about 151 300 persons receiving BioNTech vaccine, and about 5 600 persons received their second dose of Sinovac vaccine.
In the 24 hours ending at 8 pm today (March 26), the following vaccination and booking figures were recorded:
(i) About 8 500 persons received their first dose of Sinovac vaccine, including about 6 200 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 300 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 5 100 persons received their second dose of Sinovac vaccine, including about 4 900 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 200 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) the overall percentage of people who have received Sinovac vaccine at the eight CVCs today is about 86 per cent; and
(iv) about 4 400 persons have made booking online for receiving their first and second doses of Sinovac vaccine.
In the 24 hours ending at 0000 hours today, there were no cases of ambulance transfer to hospital.
As background information, in the 24 hours ending at 0000 hours today, there were 42 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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