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Poland hopes to vaccinate up to 70% of population by autumn: health minister

23.02.2021 06:50
Poland hopes to vaccinate 60 to 70 percent of its population against the coronavirus by the autumn, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has said.
Adam Niedzielski
Adam Niedzielski Twitter/KPRM

Next month alone, more than 4 million shots should be administered if there is a steady supply of vaccines, he told state broadcaster TVP Info on Monday.

A plane carrying a fresh supply of around 390,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech arrived in Poland on Monday, officials announced.

Later this week, Poland expects to receive about 150,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by US drug maker Moderna, according to Michał Kuczmierowski, head of the country's Material Reserves Agency (ARM).

As of Monday, more than 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine shots had been administered across the country.

Poland on Monday reported 3,890 new coronavirus infections and 17 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases during the pandemic to 1,642,658 and fatalities to 42,188.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, TVP Info