Tech glitches, swamped websites impede US vaccine rollout


A whiteboard informing vaccinated Nassau County workers and residents about their second vaccine dose at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York. Across the US, a vaccination campaign that was meant to reverse the tide of the pandemic and spur the nation’s economic recovery is getting bogged down by technical glitches and software woes. — Bloomberg

In Mississippi, an online vaccine registration system buckled in a sudden onslaught of traffic. Officials at a local health department in Georgia had to resort to counting every dose they receive before scheduling appointments. A US$44mil (RM177.87mil) national vaccine scheduling and tracking system is going largely unused by states.

And California, Idaho and North Dakota undercounted vaccinations because workers forgot to click on a “submit” button at the end of the day.

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