The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 118 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 3 348 200 doses of vaccines have been administered under the Vaccination Programme. As at today (June 23), more than two million people have received their first dose. Details are as follows:
 

	Number of persons receiving Sinovac vaccine	Number of persons receiving BioNTech vaccine	Total number of doses
First vaccine dose	884 400	1 141 700	2 026 100
Second vaccine dose	543 100	778 900	1 322 100

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.

     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today, about 40 600 persons have received vaccination and about 30 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	12 500	14 900
Number of persons receiving second dose	5 300	7 900
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	7 700	22 500

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were five cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Three of them were discharged and two persons were admitted for observation.

Ends/Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:04

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