Netizens waited anxiously in front of their laptops and smartphones as early as 11am but was disappointed when they couldn’t access the site.
MOSTI then rectified some issues and said booking would be opened at 12.15pm instead, and chaos immediately ensued.
“Baik jadi anti-vaksin kalau macam ni”
From not being able to select the state of choice or even getting through the registration page, thousands of people struggled to secure their slots.
Surely, after barely an hour all the slots have appeared to be booked and the registration was closed soon after.
Irritated netizens took their frustration to social media to vent their disappointment on the whole process which to be quite frank, felt like booking tickets to a highly-sought after K-pop concert.
Mana bicycles nie #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/KT8HxoZaCF
— Firdaus Hairuddin (@fhairuddin) May 26, 2021
the IT people behind the vaksincovid website and MySejahtera #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/n3QAxEA4l6
— kelsier (@AlishaAlbakri) May 26, 2021
In the blink of an eye#AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/C2FjJTHbl3
— aiman faiz (@radinaimanfaiz) May 26, 2021
Me @ selecting the dates/state for #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/wUgYg82g0K
— HanBun @ idk where i am (@han_bun_) May 26, 2021
Button negeri tak boleh click, everyone be like#AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/wdFSKrl0Gm
— Putushi (@puteriinatashaa) May 26, 2021
HOW MANY MORE TRAFFICLIGHTS DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH, GOD DAMN IT! #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/qpUybmw9qR
— schameel (@schameel_) May 26, 2021
Everyone trying to penetrate vaksin website like its prom night. @JKJAVMY #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/pNRKtcOEQB
— ZKWN ♆ (@ZakwanJ_) May 26, 2021
#AstraZeneca Do something Aidaaa!! pic.twitter.com/YuLavrs3z3
— UmarAkmal ??? (@umarakmal_97) May 26, 2021
Me rn #AstraZeneca pic.twitter.com/TCMUaZ5xEj
— A Dummy (@adm_emirr) May 26, 2021
The last time i felt like this was in 2019 when i had to berebut Westlife tickets #CucukMYAZ
— ???? ? (@nazharun) May 26, 2021
welcome to the 3rd malaysia hunger games. may the astrazeneca vaccine ever in your favour.
— shawal ras (@thecathooman) May 26, 2021
Aku ni bukan pakar IT, pakar ekonomi, jaguh sukan atau jutawan.
— Faiz Wahab (@faizwahab) May 26, 2021
Tapi kalau server tak boleh tampung satu malaysia serentak, buat la by batch, Johor daftar 26 mei, sarawak 27 mei, kl 28 mei, selangor 29 mei, penang 30 mei.
Y’ALL DIDN’T RUN OUT OF SLOTS, YOU JUST CLOSED THE APPLICATION ROUND COS YOU CAN’T BLOODY COPE WITH IT RIGHT????
— ⚡ Joe RK Jr. ⚡ (@joekaosjr) May 26, 2021
— Ash Menon (@ashvinmenon) May 26, 2021
Some questioned how could the ministry spent millions of Ringgits on such a server, while some said they might as well become anti-vaccine by the way things are. Others even tried to cure their broken hearts with some humour.
We hope that the authorities will improve their servers and user experience soon as a lot of people would be discouraged from getting vaccinated.