Dozens turned away from N.J. COVID vaccination site after scheduling website glitch - NJ.com

Dawn Matters receiveing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J.

A hospital website glitch over the weekend resulted in dozens of people being turned away from a coronavirus vaccination site in Bergen County on Monday, officials said.

A “disruption in the link” of Holy Name Medical Center’s COVID-19 vaccine registration site allowed people to get most of the way through registration on Sunday – even though appointments had already been booked, according to Teaneck Township Manager Dean Kazinci.

“There were people that reached a point in the registration process that was close to complete,” Kazinci said Tuesday.

Kazinci said the township received 570 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the state and opened up an equal number of vaccination appointments at the Richard Rodda Community Center on Colonial Court.

But the website – run by Holy Name Hospital – continued to allow people to nearly complete registration, even after the community center was booked solid and no more appointments were available for Monday, Kazinci said.

The community center was closed on Tuesday as officials wait for more vaccine doses.