Queues of people wait to get jabs in England, while rapid tests run out on the government website.
Online bookings for the over 30s opened from Monday, while 18-29 year olds are due to begin booking on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a "ready supply" of lateral flow tests and the issues showed people were "doing the sensible thing" by trying to get them.Government sources told the BBC the issue was with tests that are available for distribution being used up, adding the problem would be resolved in a matter of hours when they were restocked.
At Wimbledon's Centre Court shopping centre in south-west London, the queue for walk-in jabs stretched from one end of the building to the other after just 30 minutes of being open.
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