Quebec’s Ministry of Health says the website for booking COVID-19 testing appointments is down for maintenance, and hundreds of appointments were suddenly cancelled on Wednesday across the province.

A spokesperson for the ministry told CBC News that the number of cancelled appointments varies from region to region.

For now, the ministry is telling people that they should only be going in for testing if they have symptoms and don’t have access to a rapid test.

However, Quebec pharmacies have run out of rapid tests for the week, according to the group that represents pharmacist-owners, the Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires.

The association’s president told