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Nearly 6.8 million COVID-19 shots administered in Poland: gov't data

07.04.2021 10:45
A total of 6,790,945 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 118,478 over the last 24 hours, officials announced on Wednesday.
Queues outside a vaccination centre in Warsaw.
Queues outside a vaccination centre in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

Public health authorities said that 5,658 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, a total of 7,693 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.

As of Wednesday, Poland had injected over 4.7 million first doses, while more than 2 million people have received a second shot, health ministry data showed.

Poland on Wednesday reported 14,910 new coronavirus infections and 638 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,471,617 and fatalities to 55,703.

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Source: IAR, gov.pl