The government said those who booked their vaccination appointment from July 13-15 will receive test messages in coming days and can be inolucated on the 16 at the earliest. Citizens are also encouraged to make a vaccination appointment at brick-and-mortar pharmacies as some experienced 30-minute delay when using the online registration system.
People who wish to make a vaccination reservation can now use their mobile phone and book an appointment using this APP. However, the system experienced some glitches and the process took longer than expected. The system finally responded after half an hour. More than 2.84 million people in Taiwan aged 50 and older and those aged 18 and older in the 9th priority group had expressed their desire to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by 5 p.m. on July 12 using the new online vaccination preferences registration and reservation system.
Starting July 13, people who are eligible for the vaccination will be notified via text messages. They can book an appointment online between the 13th and the 15th, and receive the jab on the 16th at the earliest.
Citizen:”I received the text message. I can book an appointment once I got the text message. (Do you think it's safer to be inoculated as soon as possible?) Of course.”
Citizen:”I thought I could register first. I might be able to get vaccinated if I'm lucky. I would feel safer that way.”
Pharmacists across the country have been called by the government to assist the general public in the vaccination reservation process. People have come to the pharmacy that they are most familiar with and requested help. However, the online system experienced glitches during the process possibly due to high traffic volume or the incongruences in the different versions of the system.
Huang Yen-ju, Spokesperson, TPIP:”The government called on the pharmacies which are still selling face masks under the real-name registration system. There are more than 4,000 such pharmacies. 80 percent of them are willing to assist the general public in the new vaccination preferences registration and reservation process.”
Pharmacists kept calling 1922 for trouble shooting, hoping to get through the registration process as soon as possible. They also help the public to use their own mobile phones and try to make a reservation via the APP. According to the statistics, more than 80,000 people have reserved the AZ vaccine while 60 percent have reserved the Moderna vaccine in the first round of reservation. The rest opted for either.
想預約的民眾，用自己的手機，進預約施打的APP，過了快半小時，系統終於有反應，可是要預約完成，還需要一些功夫。由於新冠疫苗施打的意願登記與預約系統啟用後，開放登記者，包含50歲以上的民眾，以及18歲以上的第9類者，至昨天下午5點，已經有超過284萬人，完成意願填寫，政府從13號開始，陸續以簡訊通知符合資格的民眾，13號到15號，可以進行線上預約，最快16號接種。
民眾1：「收到簡訊，收到簡訊就可以了嘛。（您是覺得說先打會比較安全）本來就是嘛。」
民眾2：「我想說就先來排隊。有機會的話，就可以先打完疫苗，也比較安心一點。」
由於政府號召全國藥師，來協助民眾預約協助民眾，預約疫苗接種，民眾一早就來到熟悉的藥局，請藥師幫忙。不過，因為系統版本因素，或是太多人同步預約，整個預約系統，十分不順暢。
藥師公會全聯會發言人 黃彥儒：「號召是針對到現在，還有繼續在販售實名制口罩的藥局，所以這些藥局還有4千多家。這其中的八成還是有意願繼續，就是實名制繼續販售以外，還是會來協助做一個意願登記。」
面對系統無法順利上網，藥師頻頻致電1922，希望在最短時間內，排除狀況，也協助民眾用自己的手機，以APP試著預約。而根據統計，第一波預約施打者中，登記施打AZ疫苗的，有8萬多；想打莫德納的，則占了六成，其餘則是隨選二則一。