Ottawa residents who became eligible to rebook their appointments for a second COVID-19 vaccination Monday ran into more problems with the provincial system, prompting the city's mayor to call for more vaccine doses. Michael Kornecook, 79, was hoping to move up his appointment in Kanata, but when he first logged on the system showed no available appointments in Ottawa. Mayor wants 40,000 dosesMayor Jim Watson is calling on the Ontario government to send 40,000 doses of vaccine as soon as possible to deal with the demand created when second doses were accelerated. Anthony Di Monte, head of the city's vaccine task force, said traffic from Ottawa overwhelmed the provincial booking system on Monday, but said 27,000 bookings were successfully made. The Ministry of Health did not respond by deadline to CBC's request for comment about booking issues and vaccine supply in Ottawa.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2021 22:07 UTC