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7 August 2020
BAW Russell
By email: [FYI request #13424 email]
Ref:
H202005631
Dear BAW Russell
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 30 July 2020 to
the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) for:
“Please provide any material titled 'Timeline of coronavirus outbreak and PRC coverup'
and any material referencing such a document.”
On the 7 August 2020, you confirmed that ‘PRC’ referred to in your request meant ‘People’s
Republic of China’.
The Ministry does not hold any information pertaining to your request and we do not believe
another agency subject to the Act would hold this information. As such, your request is refused
under section 18(g) of Act.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision
to refuse your request.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General