Over 17.1 million Poles fully vaccinated for COVID-19: gov't data

A total of 33,945,590 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 97,665 over the last 24 hours, officials announced on Wednesday.

An anti-vaccine protest in the southern Polish city of Siemianowice Śląskie on Tuesday.

Photo: PAP/Andrzej Grygiel

Public health authorities said that 13,686 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, a total of 161,555 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.

As of Wednesday, Poland had injected more than 18.1 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while over 17.1 million people had been fully inoculated, health ministry data showed.

ℹ️ Wykonaliśmy 33 945 590 szczepień

1️⃣ dawką wykonano 18 133 454 szczepienia

✅ w pełni zaszczepionych jest 17 116 255 osoby (zaszczepieni preparatem J&J oraz 2 dawką innych preparatów)

ℹ️ Więcej szczegółów znajdziecie Państwo w naszym serwisiehttps://t.co/Z2m0Ga3mKb pic.twitter.com/EinlXNPAs6

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

Poland on Wednesday reported 138 new coronavirus infections and three more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,882,465 and fatalities to 75,252.

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Source: IAR, gov.pl