Vaccine signup site crashes amid demand from health workers.
BOSTON (AP) — Health care workers at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts were temporarily barred from signing up for the new COVID-19 vaccine after the online appointment system crashed amid a surge in demand on Wednesday night. The Boston Globe reports that the Mass General Brigham system had to shut down its signup system Wednesday after it slowed down amid heavy traffic from workers trying to register. A system official said the website was briefly shut down. The number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths rose by 44 on Thursday while the number of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by nearly 5,000.
-Associated Press
