Public health authorities said that 1,393 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, a total of 3,238 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.
As of Sunday, Poland had injected around 1.2 million first doses, while over 440,000 people have received a second shot, health ministry data showed.
Poland on Sunday reported 4,728 new coronavirus infections and 93 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases during the pandemic to 1,550,255 and fatalities to 39,087.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced in December that his government had secured vaccines for the Polish population from six leading international drug makers.
The Polish prime minister's top aide, Michał Dworczyk, said this week that his country had ordered almost 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in total, enough to inoculate 58 million people, more than its population of around 38 million.
Michał Dworczyk, the man in charge of Poland's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, seen on a screen during a virtual media briefing. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak
The European Union, of which Poland is part, has struck deals to secure vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Moderna, CureVac, Sanofi-GSK, and Johnson & Johnson.
On Monday, the latest shipment of around 320,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech arrived at Warsaw's Chopin Airport, Michał Kuczmierowski, head of Poland's Material Reserves Agency (ARM), told the media.
A day earlier, a delayed second shipment of 42,000 doses of a vaccine produced by US drug maker Moderna was delivered to the country, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
Photo: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk
Meanwhile, a delivery of 120,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed jointly by AstraZeneca and Oxford University arrived in Poland on Saturday morning
Europe's medicines regulator on January 29 approved the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine for people over the age of 18, the third coronavirus shot to be cleared for use in the European Union.
Photo: EPA/JOE GIDDENS
At the end of December, the government launched a media campaign called Szczepimy Się (Let's Get Vaccinated) to encourage Poles to get COVID-19 shots.
In the first quarter of this year, around 3 million people are expected to be vaccinated for COVID-19 throughout the country.
Healthcare workers are the top priority group for inoculation, followed by nursing home residents, the elderly, people with chronic health conditions, teachers, police, and soldiers.
The first vaccines for the coronavirus were administered in Poland on Dec. 27, as part of a coordinated rollout across the European Union. Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański
Poland last week began administering COVID-19 vaccines to citizens over 70.
People in the 80+ age group have been able to sign up for COVID-19 shots since January 15.
Seniors can send a text message to sign up for a shot. They can also go online to register or call a 989 vaccination hotline to schedule an appointment. Direct reservations at vaccination sites are possible, but officials have advised people against visiting in person to limit the risk of exposure.
Meanwhile, younger Polish adults can put their names on a waiting list for a vaccine, but for now there is no timeline on when they will be able to receive a shot.
Poland plans to begin vaccinating teachers next week, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski confirmed on Wednesday.
Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski. Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak
Almost 6,000 vaccination sites are available to citizens as the country rolls out its COVID-19 immunization campaign.
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Source: IAR, gov.pl