SAHIWAL: Hundreds of people falling in 50 and 60 years plus age categories could not be vaccinated against the coronavirus on Wednesday because the online registration systems collapsed at the vaccination centre set up at the Government Comprehensive High School here.

According to local health officials, the online system collapsed at the centre in the morning because of some technical fault. They said the vaccination centre opened at 9am and after one hour the online system developed some fault and stopped working.

Many citizens who had arrived at the centre for getting vaccinated from far-flung rural areas had to return without vaccination. The affected citizens demanded the commissioner to hold an inquiry into the matter.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2021