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Alabama struggling to fix overwhelmed vaccination hotline

| January 13, 2021 3:14 PM

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A state vaccination hotline was quickly overwhelmed by thousands of callers seeking immunizations during the coronavirus pandemic and “has not worked very well,” but officials are trying to fix the problem, a top Alabama health leader said Wednesday.

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