The appointment method has been adjusted, and the "difficulty in obtaining vaccines" has been greatly alleviated! Shanghai will increase the supply of "yellow fever" vaccines starting today
On June 24, Jiefang Daily and Shangguan News published an article titled "Failed to get a yellow fever vaccine spot in a month? Shanghai citizens who want to go to Africa and South America face difficulty in getting a vaccine", reporting that the number of people traveling to Africa and South America has continued to increase this year, the number of applications for yellow fever vaccination has remained high, the vaccine is in short supply and it is difficult to make an appointment. Many citizens have not been able to get an appointment for a month.
After the report went online, the Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center responded immediately and adjusted the "yellow fever" vaccination arrangements from June 26. The measures taken included increasing vaccine supply, extending vaccination time, adding Saturday vaccinations, adjusting appointment methods, adding vaccination sites, etc.
△Pudong branch of “Shanghai International Tourism and Healthcare Center”, No. 2090 Jinqiao Road, Pudong New District.
Specifically, the Shanghai International Travel and Health Care Center will extend the end time of daily vaccination from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the extended period is a special session for "yellow fever" vaccination. 50 vaccination places will be arranged every day during the special session, and these places will be released through the Shanghai International Travel and Health Care Center official account reservation portal at 9:00 a.m. the day before. Not only that, the Shanghai International Travel and Health Care Center will also add an additional vaccination session on Saturday, which is also a special session for "yellow fever" vaccination, and 100 vaccination places will be released every Saturday.
In addition to increasing vaccine supply and opening special vaccination sessions, the Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center has also adjusted the appointment method. Previously, appointments for the day one week later were released at 9 a.m. every day. Now it has been adjusted to release appointments for the following Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. every Monday, and release appointments for the following Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 9 a.m. every Wednesday, extending the appointment cycle to increase the total number of appointments released each time.
The above measures have an immediate effect! At 9 am on June 26, the reporter entered the Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center WeChat official account on time to try to make an appointment for vaccination. The page shows that there are a large number of appointments to choose from: 50 places for the "yellow fever" vaccination special on the afternoon of June 27, 25 places each at 3 pm and 4 pm; 100 vaccination places for the "yellow fever" vaccination special on Saturday, June 29, 20 places every half an hour from 8 am to 10 am; in addition, 50 normal vaccination places per day on July 3, 4 and 5 were also released at one time. Compared with the previous "seconds gone", the difficulty of citizens making appointments has decreased significantly after the vaccination places have increased significantly. Until 9:05 am, there are still 32 vaccination places available for appointment at the Saturday special on June 29.
△At 9 am on June 26, the special slots for "yellow fever" vaccination on June 27 and 29 and the normal vaccination slots on July 3, 4 and 5 were released at once.
△Compared with the previous "sold out in seconds", the difficulty of citizens making appointments has decreased significantly after the substantial increase in vaccination quotas. As of 9:05 a.m., there were still 32 vaccination quotas available for reservation for the Saturday special on June 29.
According to the Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center, the "yellow fever" vaccine has obvious peak and low peak periods. At the beginning of this year, the Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center had estimated that there might be a trend of large-scale vaccination, and had purchased 10,000 "yellow fever" vaccine injections on the basis of more than 5,000 injections throughout last year. The health care center has also reserved funds, and will replenish them in time if necessary to ensure that Shanghai has an adequate supply of "yellow fever" vaccines.
In addition, the yellow fever vaccine can only be administered at No. 2090 Jinqiao Road, Pudong. The Shanghai International Travel Health Care Center is actively applying to open a yellow fever vaccination site in Puxi. It is expected to be approved in mid-July to cope with the peak of the vaccination season in August and September.