Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy Taskforce
M inutes – Wednesday 14 October
Mee
ting Details
Members in Attendance
MBIE: Peter Crabtree (chair), Prue
MFAT: David Taylor
Williams
MOH: Maree Roberts, John Whaanga,
PHARMAC: Lisa Williams
Chris James (Medsafe)
Treasury: Cara Palmer-Oldcorn (for Jess
DPMC: Sasha O’Dea, Philippa
Hewat)
Yasbek
STAG: Ian Town, David Murdoch, James Ussher (items 3-7)
Apologies
Jess Hewat
Additional attendees
MBIE: Simon Rae, Karl Ferguson, Alastair Mackay, Stephanie Symynuk, Justine
Daw, Zachary Clarke,
MFAT: Glenys Karran,
PHARMAC: Andrew Oliver,
MOH:
Allison Bennett, Kelvin Watson
Action Points
1 Welcome and review of Actions
The action on Simon and Philippa, meeting on AoG COVID-19 strategy link to Vaccine
purchase strategy, can be closed. Meeting wil occur on the afternoon of 14/10
2 Update on Vaccine Portfolio AGREED for now current negotiations + COVAX options is adequate.
No actions
NOTE: The funds set aside by Cabinet wil cover the next 2-3 APAs (as wel as Pfizer) and our
commitments to COVAX. The update to Cabinet in November wil cover off the financial
position.
3a COVAX Facility Implementation process AGREED approach
NOTE correction to paper. 6(a)
3b Al ocation of Vaccines to Polynesia AGREED approach
Noted the need to conform with CDAs that limits the specific information that can be shared
9(2)(ba)(i) & (ii)
4 Project status update and risks
Action:
1. Simon to develop a medium term strategy (target end of November)
5 Immunisation Strategy and implementation programme
Action:
2. Kelvin to circulate plan (too smal to read on the screen)
3. Kelvin to find out source of freezers (Action completed)
4. Kelvin to circulate draft prioritisation framework next week
6 Communications and Stakeholder update
No actions
7 COVAX and International
No actions
8 VAANZ: Decision framework for global candidates for NZ clinical trials. AGREED to the proposed
decision framework (Annex 1)
Action:
5. Justine to circulate Lancet article - NZ response to first COVID-19 event to the STAG
(Action completed)
9 APA Update
No actions