Public consultation form on childhood vaccination presents instability

The Ministry of Health opened, in the early hours of this Friday (24), a public consultation form on its official website for the population to give their opinion on vaccination in children aged 5 to 11 years.

However, a few hours after opening, the federal government form – hosted on Microsoft’s online forms service – became unstable and prevented some users from participating in the public consultation.

A CNN made attempts to fill out the form, from 9:30 am this Friday (24), and was also unsuccessful in completing the operation.

When trying to send responses to the Ministry, the following error message appears: “The maximum number of people have already responded to this form.”

The same issue was reported by a number of users via social media.

Around 10:45 am this Friday (24th), the CNN managed to finalize the procedure and send the responses to the public consultation to the government.

Microsoft Rules

According to Microsoft Forms support, forms hosted on the platform have tabled response limits.

A form created by a personal Microsoft account can receive up to 200 responses if created by a free account, and up to 1,000 responses if created by a paid account.

If created in “Community Government Cloud Environments” through Microsoft 365 Apps for Small and Medium Businesses or the Office 365 Education service, up to 50,000 responses are allowed on the form.

It is not clear by which category the Ministry of Health created the form for public consultation on childhood vaccination.

A CNN contacted the folder to comment on the instability, but there has been no response so far.