Kia ora

Thank you for your request for official information received on 19
November 2020 for:

Please provide a full, accurate and complete list of records held within
the Ministry of Health in New Zealand describing the isolation of a
SARS-CoV-2 virus directly taken from a symptomatic patient of CoVID-19
where the sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic
material not limited but by way of example monkey kidney cells, Vero
cells, liver cancer cells thereby eliminating contamination as a positive
possible alternative source of sampling. Please note isolation is used in
the normally understood meaning of the word "the act separating a thing
from another". Should your routine viral culture techniques not satisfy
the parameters stated in my question please limit your response to the
specificity of my question.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202008345.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 17 December 2020, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Kia ora,

 

Please find attached a response to your official information act request.

 

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]

 

 

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