More people in Poland willing to take AstraZeneca shot, says PM

WARSAW: Poland is seeing an increase in people willing to take AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the prime minister said on Monday, after reports that some people had been unwilling to get the jab due to concerns about side effects.

After briefly halting its use, many European countries have resumed using the AstraZeneca vaccine in their inoculation programmes after a European Union regulator said it was safe. Poland did not suspend its use it at any stage, arguing that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed potential risks. "In the morning I got a report... showing that there are more and more people willing to get vaccinated and also to get vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine," Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference.