People turned away at Minute Maid Park after COVID-19 vaccine appointments overbooked Roxanne Bustamante Replay Video UP NEXT Hundreds of people were sent home disappointed after the Houston Health Department announced it ran out of COVID-19 vaccine doses at the public mega site at Minute Maid Park on Saturday. The department said the staff administered 5,451 doses of the vaccine as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, and there was a glitch in the system that caused it to overbook appointments. NEW: We are no longer accepting people at today’s #COVID19 vaccination mega site at Minute Maid Park. We're unable to accommodate the volume of people in line. Our staff is taking names of people in line who have appointments to re-schedule for a future date. #hounewspic.twitter.com/z2pasRuDaV— Houston Health Dept (@HoustonHealth) January 17, 2021