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

A total of 19,175,171 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, including 373,093 over the last 24 hours, officials announced on Friday.

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Public health authorities said that 9,627 adverse reactions had been reported among those who received the vaccines by Friday morning.

Meanwhile, a total of 17,357 doses have been wasted in the rollout, according to the Polish health ministry.

As of Friday, Poland had injected over 13.3 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while more than 6.3 million people had been fully inoculated, health ministry data showed.

ℹ️ Wykonaliśmy 19 175 171 szczepień

1️⃣ dawką wykonano 13 302 965 szczepień

✅ w pełni zaszczepionych jest 6 308 403 osoby(zaszczepieni preparatem J&J oraz 2 dawką innych preparatów)

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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.

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 Friday reported 946 new coronavirus infections and 117 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,870,595 and fatalities to 73,557.

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Source: IAR, gov.pl