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| Updated: Jan. 14, 2021, 2:34 a.m.
As seniors began to schedule their coronavirus vaccinations in a chaotic first day of registrations around the state, one pattern emerged: Demand for the vaccine is high.
Salt Lake County filled all 25,000 of its appointments within hours of opening them to residents ages 70 and up â even after technical glitches crashed both the registration website and the countyâs entire phone system on Wednesday morning.
âAnyone who was attempting to get on this morning to get one of those prized appointments â they were frustrated,â Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said in a news conference Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of people visited the countyâs vaccine registration website when it launched at 8 a.m., Wilson said, overloading the system â which already had last-minute capacity issues.
UPR received the following information from the Utah Department of Health:
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is offering free rapid antigen testing at many locations throughout the state of Utah. Sites are chosen based on high positivity rates, lower numbers of tests conducted, untreated wastewater sampling, and other surveillance data. Some locations will be drive-through while others will be conducted in buildings.
We encourage everyone to continue to wear masks and social distance while waiting in lines.
Anyone can get tested at these free testing clinics, even if they do not have symptoms of COVID-19. We also encourage anyone who might have any symptoms, even mild ones, to come and get tested. Please register online at https://bit.ly/2X66scM. If you do not register online or are unable to register online, you will be able to register at the site but it will take longer for you to be tested. Identification may be required.