The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 227 days since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 8 819 900 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	1 646 700	2 888 700	4 535 400
Second vaccine dose	1 556 600	2 728 000	4 284 600

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (October 10), about 18 500 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	1 100	3 100
Number of persons receiving second dose	3 600	10 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	91%	80%

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 48 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were no cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority.

Ends/Sunday, October 10, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:11

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