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Over 3.18m Poles fully vaccinated against COVID: officials

05.05.2021 12:37
A total of 12,225,861 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 220,325 over the last 24 hours, officials have said.
A drive-thru vaccination point in Gdańsk, northern Poland.
A drive-thru vaccination point in Gdańsk, northern Poland. Photo: PAP/Adam Warżawa

As of Wednesday, over 9 million first doses had been given out, while 3,184,152 million people had been fully inoculated, according to health ministry data. Most vaccines being given out in Poland are administered in two doses, several weeks apart.

Public health authorities said that 6,996 adverse reactions have been reported among those who received vaccines.

Meanwhile, a total of 11,994 doses have been wasted in the rollout.

Poland on Wednesday reported 3,896 new coronavirus infections and 349 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,811,951 and fatalities to 68,482.

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Source: PAP