1,800 RI Vaccine Appointments Opening Up at 9 A.M. on Tuesday for Eligible Rhode Islanders

1,800 RI Vaccine Appointments Opening Up at 9 A.M. on Tuesday for Eligible Rhode Islanders

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has announced that over 1,800 vaccine appointments will be available starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning to those Rhode Islanders who qualify. 

Appointment Details 

"New appointments will start posting at 9 a.m. However, like Friday, there will only be a limited number of slots posted on Tuesday morning," said RIDOH spokesperson Joseph Wendelken. "There will only be 1,890 appointments available tomorrow morning. We have a limited number of first doses available this week because most of our vaccine this week is being used for second doses. However, there will be more availability next week."

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Vaccine appointments can be made here. 

"People can expect a few changes tomorrow and over the next few days on vaccinateRI.org," said Wendelken, who stated the following:

"There will be language on the page clarifying that some slots are not accessible because people are in the process of booking them.
We’ve made adjustments that will allow the site to manage more traffic without causing people to experience error messages. (It got more than 2.5 million visits after 5 p.m. on Friday.)
We are in the process of developing a “waiting room” for vaccinateRI.org. This would address the issue of appointments appearing to be available, even though other people are in the process of booking them. This won’t be operational tomorrow, but we are working to get it in place.
 
Both tomorrow and Friday, there will not be a lot of new first dose appointments available. We will have more availability next week, when we have to do fewer second doses. (Roughly 10,000 first dose slots are opening up this week at the pharmacies and through vaccinateRI.org. Next week, the number of first dose slots opening up for those same sites will be closer to 23,000.) Additionally, we expect our vaccine supply to increase. We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding."