KUALA LUMPUR: All slots for the voluntary AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine were taken up in less than 90 minutes since the second round of registration opened at 12.15pm today.
"Appointment bookings for the second round of the AstraZeneca Voluntary Vaccine Initiative is now closed.
"Those who are eligible will receive an appointment soon.
"Thank you for your interest in helping the nation achieve herd immunity," the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV) tweeted.
The committee, however made no mention of the number of slots that were taken up after announcing registration has been closed.
In a separate tweet earlier, JKJAV said over 300,000 slots were booked in less than 40 minutes since registration opened.
Registration for the vaccine were slightly delayed, where it began at 12.15pm instead of noon as initially planned.
Meanwhile, MySejahtera on Twitter wrote: "We are facing very high traffic at MySejahtera right now. Some of you may not be able to access certain functions. Please log in again later as the traffic clears. Thank you."
The AstraZeneca vaccine booking for adults aged 18 and above was made available via https://vaksincovid.gov.my for residents in Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Sarawak and Selangor on a first-come, first-served basis.
With the second round of bookings opened, Malaysians took to social media to share screenshots and vent their frustration over the inability to secure a slot.
Celebrity Harith Iskander was among those trying to secure a slot for the vaccine.
"After tekan since 90mins ago I beginning to think I am a robot," he said making reference to the "I am not a robot" checkbox on the website.
"Why the website want to provoke me? I started first thing in the morning. You understand 'first ting in the morning?' (Registering for family members)," he added.
Another Twitter user, who identified herself as Dr Sherrini Ahmad wrote: "I am a frontliner, struggling to register my family members for your vaccine thus far.
"My failure to do so in the last 1/2 hour tells me how bad (the system is). Fighting to get the vaccine like going on boxing day sale. Heartbreaking."