Coronavirus: after criticism, the City changes the registration form for the vaccine

Irene Hartmann

02/19/2021 10:25 AM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 02/19/2021 10:25 AM

"We opened shifts now to 10 for Health staff to vaccinate missing, and 14 for those over 80 years, but this time is open ... is the button and we do not get there", he told

Clarin

a spokesman for the Ministry of Health of the City of Buenos Aires, in relation to online registration to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

According to the spokesperson for the portfolio led by Fernán Quirós, there will be a difference between the two groups: “All Health personnel who want to sign up today will get a shift.

On the other hand, with older adults, if the shifts are exhausted,

the person will be able to fill out the form anyway

, and instead of choosing a shift for the vaccine, they will be

registered

.

Then, from line 147, when more shifts can be given because more doses have arrived in the country, we will call him and coordinate the appointment for the vaccine to be given ”.

Regarding the doses available to Health personnel (from hospitals, private and independent), from the City they explained that it is not certain that they will reach to cover all shifts, but, nevertheless, they chose to "give equal appointments",

trusting in which the dynamics of arrival of more vaccines

to the country will accelerate from here on.

"Surely for the doctors we need an extra load to finish covering all the shifts that take place this Friday, but for us

the dose flow will be regularized,

" said the spokesperson.

Why this change in strategy, undoubtedly more similar to the one used by the province of Buenos Aires at this time?

“We understand the

anxiety

it generates.

We believe that going about the right thing is the right thing to do, that is, to note if there are doses in the country, but we also listen to what happens on the other side.

If having the turn gives people peace of mind, we take it and correct it

”, he admitted.

Furthermore, he concluded, “the situation is different from a few weeks ago.

Russia had said it had production delays ... it was all very uncertain.

Today the scenario is different and it is possible to advance in another way ”.

In recent weeks, the City's web registration method generated criticism, which was reflected especially in social networks, about the

difficulties in getting an appointment online

.

In addition, the flood of people who demand their dose causes errors on the site, which worsens the process.

There are situations in which the interested parties enter all the data on the website and when they are about to conclude everything is left to nothing, with the message "an error occurred", product of the

collapse of the page

.

Those changes that it now says the City will introduce would serve to prevent these disruptions.

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