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New Zealand
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25 August 2021
Baron Gordon
By email: [FYI request #16340 email]
Ref:
H202110513
Tēnā koe Baron
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 9 August 2021
for:
“Information on the isolation of SARS-CoV2 virus taken directly from a diseased patient
where the patients sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic
material.”
Information on your request has been previously answered by the Ministry of Health and has
been published on the FYI website which can be accessed here:
https:/ fyi.org.nz/request/14170/response/53128/attach/4/H202008345%20Response.pdf.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Nick Allan
Manager, OIA Services
Office of the Director-General