Positive COVID-19 detection late in cycle
David Brotherhood made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: David Brotherhood
Dear Ministry of Health,
Under the Official Information Act, I request the following information:
1. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have been detected to have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 12 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result, where exposure during those 12 days has not occurred (e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
2. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
3. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have been detected to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 12 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
4. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have omicron variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
Yours faithfully,
David Brotherhood
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From: David Brotherhood <[FOI #18064 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 28 December 2021 14:58
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Positive COVID-19 detection late
in cycle
Dear Ministry of Health,
Under the Official Information Act, I request the following information:
1. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have
been detected to have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 12 of
arrival in NZ following a previous negative result, where exposure during
those 12 days has not occurred (e.g. as a contact of family member testing
positive)?
2. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have COVID-19
(SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in NZ following a
previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing
positive)?
3. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have
been detected to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR
test after day 12 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result
(e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
4. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have omicron
variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in
NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family
member testing positive)?
Yours faithfully,
David Brotherhood
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Kia ora David,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 28
December 2021 requesting:
“1. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ)
have been detected to have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 12
of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result, where exposure
during those 12 days has not occurred (e.g. as a contact of family member
testing positive)?
2. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have COVID-19
(SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in NZ following a
previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing
positive)?
3. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have
been detected to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR
test after day 12 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result
(e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
4. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have omicron
variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in
NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family
member testing positive)?”
The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further collation is required.
You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 08 March
2022.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
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Ministry of Health
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From: David Brotherhood
Tēnā koe,
This OIA request is now long overdue. Could you please provide an update.
Nāku noa, nā,
David Brotherhood
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In accordance with the Act, we'll let you know our decision within no more
than 20 working days. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can
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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. This
means we may take some time in responding to your request. The Ministry
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Tēnā koe David
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 28 December 2021 for
information regarding positive test results linked to managed isolation
and quarantine facilities (MIQ). I will respond to each part of your
request in turn.
1. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have
been detected to have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 12 of
arrival in NZ following a previous negative result, where exposure during
those 12 days has not occurred (e.g. as a contact of family member testing
positive)?
2. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have COVID-19
(SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in NZ following a
previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family member testing
positive)?
3. How many people (if any) in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) have
been detected to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR
test after day 12 of arrival in NZ following a previous negative result
(e.g. as a contact of family member testing positive)?
4. How many people (if any) in MIQ have been detected to have omicron
variant of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) via PCR test after day 10 of arrival in
NZ following a previous negative result (e.g. as a contact of family
member testing positive)?
This data is not available in the format requested, as such your request
is refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act, as the information requested
is not held by the Ministry and there are no grounds for believing it is
held by another agency subject to the Act. To provide this information to
you would require a significant amount of work to collate the data and
involve collation across multiple data sets in order to provide the data
in the format requested. Please also be aware, there is no requirement for
the Ministry to create information in order to respond to an OIA request.
You may find responses to the following written parliamentary questions
helpful:
o [1]www.parliament.nz/en/pb/order-paper-questions/written-questions/document/WQ_04282_2022/4282-2022-dr-shane-reti-to-the-minister-for-covid-19
o [2]www.parliament.nz/en/pb/order-paper-questions/written-questions/document/WQ_04283_2022/4283-2022-dr-shane-reti-to-the-minister-for-covid-19
o [3]www.parliament.nz/en/pb/order-paper-questions/written-questions/document/WQ_04284_2022/4284-2022-dr-shane-reti-to-the-minister-for-covid-19
o [4]www.parliament.nz/en/pb/order-paper-questions/written-questions/document/WQ_04285_2022/4285-2022-dr-shane-reti-to-the-minister-for-covid-19
We apologise for the delay in responding to your request and regret that
we cannot provide a finer level of detail for you.
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: [5][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
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From: David Brotherhood
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your response. Could you please clarify the grounds on which you are declining the request. You have cited s18(g)(i) - that the information requested is not held. However, you have also stated that it would require substantial collation and research in order to produce the data. If the data does not exist, presumably is cannot require time to collate it.
Furthermore, you have stated that you cannot provide it in the format requested. Could you please advice under what format you can provide the information requested?
Are you also able to explain why it has taken 99 days to decline the request? It is suspicious that your decline email was sent less than 24 hours of me chasing you for your significantly overdue response.
I look forward to hearing from you on the above matters.
Nāku noa, nā,
David Brotherhood
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