As reports emerge of an upswing in COVID-19 and a push for vaccinations begins, a new report is questioning the reasoning behind the termination of a major system for reporting coronavirus vaccine health incidents.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that a new push for vaccinations will begin this fall, according to ABC.

"Vaccination is going to continue to be key this year because immunity wanes and because the COVID-19 virus continues to change," a CDC official said. "For those reasons, vaccines remain the best protection against hospitalization and death. And in the case of the COVID vaccines they also help reduce the likelihood of 'long COVID.'"

Further, the BA.2.86 variant has sparked concern because it appears able to evade existing immunity to the coronavirus, according to The Washington Post.

Now one system used to report adverse reactions to the vaccines is no longer operating.

The federal government created multiple methods to report adverse reactions to vaccines during the federal government's push for vaccinations.

One of them, an app called V-safe, was phased out earlier this year, the CDC posted.

"On May 19, 2023, CDC closed enrollment in v-safe for COVID-19 vaccines. V-safe was developed specifically for COVID-19 vaccines and has been an essential component of the pandemic vaccine safety monitoring systems that have successfully characterized the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines used in the United States. CDC is developing a new version of v-safe, which will allow users to share their post-vaccination experiences with new vaccines," the CDC reported on its website.

"CDC will continue to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines through its other vaccine safety monitoring systems. V-safe users or others who get vaccinated can report any possible health problems or adverse events following vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)," it posted.