Nikki Ross and Clayton Freeman
USA Today Florida
The Florida Department of Health Friday announced a new statewide preregistration system to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 65 and older and frontline health-care workers.
But by noon on Friday, the site was already overloaded, showing this message: "Sorry we have too many simultaneous visitors, please try again in five minutes."
The new system, which can be accessed by visiting myvaccine.fl.gov, allows individuals to pre-register for vaccine appointments and receive notification when appointments are available in their area, according to a release from the Department of Health.
The system will notify individuals who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when appointment are available at state-supported vaccination sites, the release stated.