The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 160 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 5 922 300 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	1 313 000	2 053 000	3 366 100
Second vaccine dose	1 023 900	1 532 300	2 556 200

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 4), about 65 300 persons have received vaccination and about 35 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	10 400	24 700
Number of persons receiving second dose	10 400	19 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	5 600	29 700

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 11 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. Eight of them were discharged and three persons were admitted for observation.

Ends/Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:07

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