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 2,891,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 1,707,900 people receiving their first dose and around 1,183,700 getting their second dose.
Among those given the first dose of vaccines, about 749,700 people have received the Sinovac jab and about 958,200 people have received the BioNTech one.
For the second dose, about 492,900 people have received the Sinovac vaccine, while about 690,900 people have been administered the BioNTech jab.
About 14,300 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and around 4,700 people received their second dose under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today.
For the BioNTech vaccine, about 21,700 people received their first dose and about 13,300 people received their second dose.
The overall percentage of people who received the Sinovac vaccine at community vaccination centres is about 97%, while it is 98% for the BioNTech one.
As of 8pm, about 7,000 people booked their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online, while about 17,800 reserved their first and second doses of the BioNTech jab.
As of midnight, 13 people were sent to hospitals.
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