Just minutes after about 10,000 appointments were announced in Riverside County, the site to get an appointment crashed. An error message was received to users shortly after they were redirected to the state website. Some people went so far as to fill in their information, while others received the message directly after clicking on the ‘Register’ link.
Viewers flooded News Channel 3’s phone lines and emails after people across the country anxiously waited to make an appointment.
Many stood Saturday morning. The province announced that about 10,000 vaccination appointments would take place on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. The province has since created a new website after the old system crashed on Thursday, just as 3,900 appointments were made available.
According to a provincial spokesperson, the direct links will be filled as soon as the appointments are made available. Users will then be sent to the state website, where they will enter their information, and determine if appointments are available.
“I still got ‘error’ messages telling me that it did not say the system crashed, but only had an ‘off’ message,” said Patricia Finn, a resident of Palm Desert, after she said Wednesday. wanted to make an appointment.
Land officials addressed the issue Friday during an information session organized by Supervisor V. Manuel Perez.
MORE: Riverside County apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ vaccine website crash
“Yesterday was obviously a difficult day for us in technology. We used a third-party vendor to run our vaccine website, and the vendor’s process made some changes to address it and improve past issues. , “said the interim executive of Riverside County. , Juan C. Perez.
The new vaccine registration site is www.rivcoph.org/COVID-19-Vaccine.
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In Riverside County, people 65 and older can get their coronavirus vaccine, along with adults of all ages if they work in education, law enforcement, food and agriculture and emergency services.
The group forms phase 1B in the country’s vaccine distribution framework. People in all levels of phase 1A can also be vaccinated.
- For employees in Phase 1A and 1B – Level 1, need an appointment and employee ID badge / letter of place of employment, otherwise you will not be vaccinated
- For 65 years and older, an appointment and ID are required.
The clinics offer free vaccines, but medical insurance information is requested.
You must register and set up an appointment to be vaccinated. If an individual is unable to provide proof that he / she is eligible, or does not have an appointment, he / she will be rejected.
MORE: Want to get on a vaccine waiting list? Find details here.
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