Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau today visited Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital to get an update on the service of public hospitals. He toured the hospital’s specialist outpatient clinic, medical ward, accident and emergency department and hyperbaric oxygen therapy centre, followed by a meeting with its management and frontline healthcare staff to learn about the service demands and manpower deployment. Prof Lo said: "Having gone through the anti-epidemic work in the past three years, Hong Kong is on the road to full normalcy. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all healthcare staff for their efforts in performing duties and working tirelessly amidst immense work pressure to safeguard the city's healthcare system.” Noting that Hong Kong will see a sharp rise in the number of travellers with the full resumption of normal travel with the Mainland, Prof Lo said the Government will closely monitor the development of the CO
About 1,275,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 842,800 people receiving their first dose and about 432,500 people getting their second dose.
Among those given the first dose of vaccines, about 405,400 people have received the Sinovac jab and about 437,300 people have received the BioNTech one.
For the second dose, about 282,700 people have received the Sinovac vaccine, while about 149,800 people have been administered the BioNTech jab.
About 3,700 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today.
Among them, about 3,300 people received the jab at community vaccination centres (CVCs), while about 400 were inoculated at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme.
Around 7,600 people received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine today, including about 7,100 people vaccinated at CVCs and about 400 people through private doctors and clinics.
For the BioNTech vaccine, about 10,700 people received their first dose at CVCs and about 100 people received their second dose.
The overall percentage of people who received the Sinovac vaccine at CVCs is 96%, while that of the BioNTech vaccine is about 94%.
As of 8pm, about 2,600 people had booked their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online, while about 8,300 had reserved their first and second doses of the BioNTech jab.
As of midnight, 11 people were sent to hospitals.
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