It was revealed that the pre-booking for the COVID-19 vaccine for 55-59 years of age was resumed yesterday (14th), two days later, and it was found that it was possible to access the advance reservation system even before 8:00 pm, the starting point set by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



After 8 pm, there was a problem with access as applicants flocked at once, but confusion is continuing regarding the reservation of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as making a reservation in advance if you know a specific link.



According to today's media coverage, online communities such as Ephem Korea have reported that from around 7:30 pm yesterday, 'Vaccine reservations are now possible.



Posts have been posted one after another saying that you have already booked a vaccine for your parents.



The users who wrote the article introduced a link to other users who asked how to do it, saying, "Don't believe it's from 8 o'clock, just go right here."



If you clicked the link, you were directly connected to the 'Make a reservation - Step 1) Enter reservation information' page on the website of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Corona 19 vaccination advance reservation system



Community users reported that it was possible to enter information such as the name of the inoculated person, resident registration number, medical institution, reservation date and time without any problems here.



However, if you access the website of the advance reservation system before 8:00 pm in the usual way, you will see 'Corona 19 vaccination reservation is being prepared.



After a while, only the phrase 'Reservation will start from 20:00 on July 14th' was displayed.



In other words, the main page of the system, which is a 'gate', was closed until 8:00 pm, but the link to the reservation page, which is a 'back door', was left open.



The reservation waiters who learned of this situation late, complained.



This is because if you don't know how to access the link directly, you have to wait up to several hours before accessing the reservation system.



The total number of people who are 55 to 59 years old is about 3524,000.



On the 12th, when advance reservations for them first started, among the 1,674,000 people who did not make a reservation, many of them tried to make a reservation at the same time, and connections were flooded.



Mo (28) Kim, who waited in front of the computer for over two hours for his parents' vaccine reservation, said, "I kept waiting with only the main page on for an hour before, but it's so unreasonable that no one stood in line and was able to finish the reservation already." "Isn't it a violation of the promise to start at 8 o'clock?"



This is not the first time we have been able to bypass the vaccination reservation page.



On the 12th, Efem Korea also posted an article saying that by entering a specific search term on the portal website and accessing the link, it was possible to pre-order a vaccine for the 55-59-year-old without a queue.



Jung Woo-jin, head of the system management team of the Corona 19 vaccination response promotion team, said in a press call, "It can be seen that the reservation system was accessible from a little past 7 pm due to restarting the server and checking the function before the official reservation was opened." "Only the main page Since access was blocked, it was not physically impossible to access using the link."



Team leader Jeong explained that there must have been a problem that allowed access in advance during the reservation system overload prevention work on the 12th as well.



He said, "We will look for security weaknesses in the reservation system." "This time, there seems to be a part that I did not look at properly because I was in a hurry to open the reservation system, but I will take measures to prevent a similar incident from happening next time."



(Photo=Community Capture, Yonhap News)