Health will not yet launch its COVID-19 vaccination nomination system

The Department of Health (DS) said this Sunday that the appointment system for vaccination against COVID-19 through the portal turnospr.com will not be used tomorrow, Monday, although it has not provided any statements or additional details.

Tomorrow the agency said it would expand the information on the expected appointment system that the government has been discussing since the end of December.

Last Thursday, the designated health minister, Carlos Mellado, had expected that “we will continue with this on Monday,” regarding the launch of the platform. The system, the secretary said, will make it possible “to have the number of people to be vaccinated from day to day”.

The director of the VOCES coalition, Lilliam Rodríguez, said The new day that on Friday there was a meeting of vaccine suppliers along with Salud and the Turnos Media company, which operates the turnospr.com platform and under which the vaccination schedule for COVID-19 would be united on the island.

“Turnospr gave us a presentation of how the application is going to work, we will be able to connect our (appointment) system to their system,” said Rodríguez, although he clarified that VOCES will continue to use his individual appointment system. about 3,800 older adults corresponding to stage 1-b and will vaccinate about 1,000 more this week, as already mentioned.

“Salud is looking for a tool to unite all the providers we are helping to manage the pandemic, especially in the field of vaccination,” said the organization’s director. One of the goals, he said, is to avoid duplicate appointments by individuals who have contacted more than one provider.