Nearly 16.4 million COVID-19 shots administered in Poland: gov't data

A total of 16,372,436 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 314,185 over the last 24 hours, officials announced on Wednesday.

A health worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

Photo: EPA/AHMAD YUSNI

Public health authorities said that 8,662 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, a total of 14,472 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.

As of Wednesday, Poland had injected around 11.87 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while almost 4.8 million people had been fully inoculated, health ministry data showed.

ℹ️Wykonaliśmy 16 372 436 szczepień

1️⃣ dawką wykonano 11 868 779 szczepień

✅ w pełni zaszczepionych jest 4 794 334 osoby (zaszczepieni preparatem J&J oraz 2 dawką innych preparatów)

Więcej szczegółów znajdziecie Państwo w naszym serwisie ⤵️https://t.co/5vH2ASJ0Ce pic.twitter.com/dqtbuUWuQ7

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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.

More than 1.7 million doses of these four vaccines are expected to be delivered to the country this week, according to officials.

Teens under 18 have been given the green light to sign up for COVID-19 shots in Poland as the country ramps up its inoculation campaign.

Poland on Wednesday reported 2,344 new coronavirus infections and 329 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,859,261 and fatalities to 72,250.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, gov.pl