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9 November 2021
AS Emet
By email: [FYI request #17144 email]
Ref:
H202114083
Tēnā koe AS Emet
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 11 October 2021 for:
“In direct or indirect relation to any purchase, acquisition, option to purchase, or any other
means of acquiring products or services,
In direct or indirect relation to any vaccines, inoculations, or any other pharmaceutical
treatments or interventions intended, used, marketed, or otherwise sought or obtained
implicitly or explicitly solely or primarily in relation to SARS-Cov-2 and/or Covid-19,
While I respect that certain elements of any product acquisition may contain commercially
sensitive material, I believe that it is in the public interest that the following questions be
answered as completely as possible:
Are there any conditions, restrictions, limitations, requirements, or any other incentives or
disincentives relating to the quantity of these products administered, and/or the time-
frames in which they are administered?”
There are no incentives or disincentives for the quality and purchase of the COVID-19
vaccination. For information on the conditions of use for Comirnaty (Pfizer), please refer to the
data sheet, available on the Medsafe website at:
www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/c/comirnatyinj.pdf.
I trust this information fulfils your request. 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.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Wendy Illingworth
Group Manager, Public Health System Policy
System Strategy and Policy