The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 217 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 676 600 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	1 630 100	2 862 400	4 492 500
Second vaccine dose	1 518 600	2 665 500	4 184 100

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 30), about 30 100 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	3 600	8 300
Number of persons receiving second dose	6 700	11 600
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	95%	91%

* 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 or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Four of them were discharged, two persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Thursday, September 30, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:38

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