COVID-19 vaccination campaign: 55,917 people immunised in last 24h
Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) reported on Wednesday that in the last 24 hours, 55,917 doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines were administered, 23,067 first doses, 2,920 second doses, and 29,930 third doses.
Since the beginning of the mass vaccination campaign on December 27, 2020, 10,544,773 doses have been administered to 5,672,234 people, of whom 5,466,999 have been fully vaccinated, and 258,825 have been vaccinated with a third, booster shot.
The administration of the booster shot started on September 28.
In the past 24 hours, 26 side effects were reported, all general.
Since the beginning of the immunisation campaign, there have been a combined 17,402 side effects to the COVID-19 vaccines, of which 1,852 local and 15,550 general. AGERPRES (RO - author: Eusebi Manolache, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Cristina Zaharia)
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