Shortly after Florida Department of Health officials resumed the Broward County COVID-19 vaccination portal, the site appeared to be offline again after interruptions earlier in the week.
The portal is intended to enable residents aged 65 and over to make an appointment to receive the vaccine free of charge. Before going offline on Sunday, it offered regular as well as drive-through vaccinations.
The site launched on Wednesday for the first time and all available slots were quickly booked until February before the portal interrupted with interruptions.
Several residents report that the Broward County vaccination portal, https://browardcovidvaccine.com/, is displaying this error message.
“We are sorry that the registration system is not working as we intended,” said Dr. Paula Thaqi, director of the Florida Department of Health in Broward, said after the initial outage Wednesday. “We acknowledge that our senior community is eager to receive the vaccine.”
Officials announced the portal was up and running again Sunday, thanking residents in a press release for their patients, but moments later, NBC 6 received several reports from residents who could not access the site.
Appointments cannot currently be made by telephone. The department called on elderly citizens to check the portal regularly, as they said they would increase the number of vaccinations for the elderly in the coming weeks.
“Please know that this is only the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination possibilities,” Thaqi remarked on Wednesday. ent as well as additional priority groups as identified. ”