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From: Julia Ryall <[FOI #18685 email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2022 16:03
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - When will Novavax be available for
use in NZ
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

How long after provisional Medsafe approval does it take for cabinet to
approve Novavax for use in NZ? it has been some time now!!

There is so many skilled building officials and local government employees
waiting for this and their jobs depend on it being approved or we are
losing very skilled people in areas we desperately need these skilled
people. Why when they don't work in a medical field should their jobs
depend on vaccination the unemployment line will be huge with talented
people.

Please advise so they can try to save their jobs when Novavax will be
approved for use. Hopefully if they can give their employees some
guarantee of novavax approval we can save some of these talented people
from losing their jobs, homes, families etc.

Yours faithfully,

Julia Ryall

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