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Nearly 14 million COVID-19 shots administered in Poland: gov't data

11.05.2021 10:40
A total of 13,957,627 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 180,862 over the last 24 hours, officials announced on Tuesday.
Michał Dworczyk, the man in charge of Polands COVID-19 vaccination campaign, seen on a screen during a virtual news conference on Tuesday.
Michał Dworczyk, the man in charge of Poland's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, seen on a screen during a virtual news conference on Tuesday.Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

Public health authorities said that 7,789 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, a total of 13,319 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.

As of Tuesday, Poland had injected over 10.4 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while more than 3.7 million people had been fully inoculated, health ministry data showed.

The tally includes two-dose vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca as well as Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine.

Poland on Tuesday reported 3,098 new coronavirus infections and 319 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,838,180 and fatalities to 70,336.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, gov.pl