Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
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Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
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Kia ora Athina, 

 

Thank you for your email. Your request is refused under section 18(g) of
the Act, as the information you have requested is not held by the Ministry
of Health (the Ministry), and there are no grounds for believing that the
information is held by another department. The Ministry does not hold
reports about the vaccination status of COVID-19 cases which have been
hospitalised or required ICU treatment.

Case demographic information, including vaccination and hospitalisation
data for the current outbreak is available at: [1]COVID-19: Case
demographics | Ministry of Health NZ

Information about ICU patients is withheld in full under section 9(2)(a)
of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), to protect the privacy of
natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons. This is
because, as the numbers of COVID-19 patients in the ICU are so low, this
information may identify the individuals concerned.  

 

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.      

 

 Ngā mihi   

 

OIA Services Team   

 

   

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From: Athina Andonatou <[FOI #17624 email]>
Sent: Friday, 19 November 2021 09:40
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vaccinated or Unvaccinated status
of patients in ICU with Covid

 

Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to make a request for the following information:

1) All reports from 1 May 2021 to current which provide a breakdown of
covid cases requiring hospitalisation based on vaccination status
2) All reports from 1 May 2021 to current which provide a breakdown of
covid cases requiring ICU based on vaccination status

Yours faithfully,

Athina Andonatou

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Kia ora Athina,

 

On 19 November 2021, you requested the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

“1) All reports from 1 May 2021 to current which provide a breakdown of
covid cases requiring hospitalisation based on vaccination status 

2) All reports from 1 May 2021 to current which provide a breakdown of
covid cases requiring ICU based on vaccination status”

 

On the same day, the Ministry responded and withheld your request for ICU
data under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural
persons. The remainder of your request was refused under section
18(g)(i) as the information was not held by the Ministry and there are no
grounds for believing it was held by another agency subject to the Act. 

 

Following the passage of time and changes to the Ministry's reporting
processes, this information is now publicly available at the following
link: 

[1]https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-nove....

The Ministry sincerely apologies for the delay in notifying you of this
information.

Ngâ mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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