The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 182 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 7 287 800 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	1 491 500	2 540 300	4 031 800
Second vaccine dose	1 232 900	2 023 200	3 256 000

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 26), about 60 500 persons have received vaccination and about 10 500 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	6 800	16 800
Number of persons receiving second dose	11 200	25 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	97%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	2 100	8 400

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 14 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. Nine of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation, three persons were discharged against medical advice and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Thursday, August 26, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:44

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