KUALA LUMPUR: All slots for the voluntary AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine shots have been fully booked after registration opened at 12 noon today.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, however, said those interested could put their names in to be on the vaccination wait list.
"All AZ slots are fully booked. My apologies for the initial glitch and multiple refreshes.
"You can still click on the grey boxes to put yourself on a wait list for next couple of hours. We will start pushing appointments to your MySejahtera or SMS soon," he wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, Khairy, who is also the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister said Malaysia was scheduled to receive one million more doses of AstraZeneca this month through the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access (Covax) facility.
The government, he said, was working on expanding the booking for this jab to all states, except Sarawak, as the state has declined AstraZeneca vaccine.
"We will expand the opt-in in other states and ensure those without access to internet etc can also sign up."
Registration for the AstraZeneca vaccine is currently only open to 268,000 people in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor on a "first click and first served" basis via the website.
Those who register themselves for the vaccine on a certain date, he said, would be notified of the time of their appointment via MySejahtera, SMS or phone call.
The designated special vaccination centre offering the Astra Zeneca jabs in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor are World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur; Ideal Convention Centre Shah Alam; Dewan 1, Bangunan Peperiksaan, Universiti Malaya; and Dewan Gemilang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.