The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 213 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 574 100 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	1 615 900	2 841 500	4 457 400
Second vaccine dose	1 491 400	2 625 300	4 116 700

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 26), about 23 600 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	1 400	4 500
Number of persons receiving second dose	3 600	14 100
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	96%	89%

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were seven 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. Six of them were discharged and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Sunday, September 26, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:02

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