Vaccination Reservations Resume at 8 PM for Ages 55-59... 'Site Access Issues' Recur (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] COVID-19 vaccination reservations for those aged 55 to 59 resumed at 8 p.m. on the 14th, but the site crashed again due to a surge in users.

As of 8:15 p.m. on the 14th, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's COVID-19 vaccination pre-reservation page (ncvr.kdca.go.kr) remains inaccessible due to an overwhelming number of simultaneous users.

Kim, 57, a resident of Jongno-gu, Seoul, said, "I missed making a reservation on the first day for the 55-59 age group on the 12th, so I logged into the site right at 8 p.m. today for the additional reservation," adding, "But the site still won't open, so I am waiting."

The KDCA held an emergency briefing that morning and announced that the additional reservation date for the 55-59 age group would be moved up from the originally announced 19th to the 14th. This was due to ongoing site errors and waiting issues during the reservation process on the 12th, causing significant inconvenience, and the early closure of reservations for 1.85 million people within just one day without prior notice, which heightened dissatisfaction.

However, the KDCA explained that the 'waiting queue' phenomenon could recur during the resumed additional reservations. Jeong Woo-jin, head of the KDCA system management team, said in an afternoon briefing, "The recent issues with the pre-reservation system are more likely network problems rather than server problems," adding, "When many users access the system simultaneously upon reopening the pre-reservation, waiting queues may occur again."

The repeated access failures on the vaccination pre-reservation page continue to cause inconvenience for users. Park, a person in their 20s who was trying to make a reservation on behalf of their parents, said, "The same situation is repeating after the early morning error last time," adding, "I expected the system to be improved when the additional reservations resumed, but I am disappointed."

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