The Southern District Health Board will pilot a new booking system from Monday to ensure people don't miss appointments for their Covid-19 vaccines. Some people are missing their Covid-19 vaccination appointments in Southland because of the Southern District Health Board’s current booking system. The board’s current booking system means a text message confirming an appointment is being sent 12 to 48 hours ahead of an appointment, but people are not often getting the messages in a timely manner. READ MORE:* Covid-19 vaccine: How New Zealand's worst-performing area hopes to catch up* Covid-19: How the vaccine roll-out works for elderly and vulnerable in group three* Covid-19: Priority Northland residents can't book vaccine as more people offered jabsBoard Covid-19 vaccine roll-out incident controller Hamish Brown said texts would be sent during the working day or early evening the day before the appointment at the latest. Covid-19 vaccine details:

Source: Stuff May 12, 2021 06:33 UTC