8.9m vaccine doses given

October 17, 2021

About 8,901,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 4,561,400 people receiving their first dose and around 4,340,300 getting their second dose.

 

Among those given the first dose of vaccines, about 1,656,700 people have received the Sinovac jab and about 2,904,700 people got the BioNTech one.

 

For the second dose, about 1,580,900 people have received the Sinovac vaccine, while about 2,759,400 people have been administered the BioNTech jab.

 

About 8,200 people received jabs under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today.

 

Around 800 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and around 1,400 people received their second dose.

 

For the BioNTech vaccine, about 1,800 people received their first dose and around 4,100 people got their second dose.

 

The overall percentage of people who received the Sinovac vaccine at community vaccination centres is about 95%, while it is about 86% for the BioNTech one.

 

As of midnight, two people were sent to hospital.

 

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