COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 173 days since February 26, 2021.
So far, about 6 761 500 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 | 1 431 100 | 2 366 400 | 3 797 500 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 147 500 | 1 816 500 | 2 964 000 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 17), about 61 300 persons have received vaccination and about 15 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 8 500 | 25 300 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 8 400 | 19 200 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 97% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 3 000 | 12 300 |
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 21 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. Twelve of them were discharged, five persons were admitted for observation, three persons were discharged against medical advice and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.