ýÿThe COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 166 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 6 315 500 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	1 370 800	2 194 600	3 565 500
Second vaccine dose	1 083 800	1 666 200	2 750 100

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 10), about 66 700 persons have received vaccination and about 21 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 

	Sinovac vaccine	BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose	9 800	26 900
Number of persons receiving second dose	10 200	19 800
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs)	97%	98%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses	4 000	17 700

* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 19 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. Eleven of them were discharged, two persons were admitted for observation and six persons were discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:02

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