Flu Vaccine & Covid Vaccine
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear Ministry of Health,
Can you please provide for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 to date
Total Flu Vaccinations Administered
Total AEFI received
Summary of the Reported Deaths to CARM - to include and be broken down as follows
Unlikely related to vaccine
Could not be determined due to insufficient information
Cases still under investigation
Likely due to vaccine
Observed versus expected deaths within 21 days of vaccine
Please break this down into age groups similar to Medsafe reporting
Can you also please provide a list of the identified safety signals
Can you also please provide the above information for the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine which should be easily pulled from Medsafe reports broken down into the years of administration.
Please do not link me to Medsafe reports - I require this information on letter head from the Ministry of Health.
Ultimately I require all of the same information for the influenza vaccine in the same format as the Pfizer vaccine both reported on in one letter MOH
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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Kia ora Chris,
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Kia ora Chris,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act (1982) to
Manatū Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 6 July 2022 for Information
relating to the Flu and COVID-19 vaccine. Please find a response to each
part of your request below.
Can you please provide for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 &
2022 to date
Total Flu Vaccinations Administered
Total AEFI received
The total number of flu vaccination administered is unknown as this is not
recorded on Manatū Hauora national immunisation register. However, the
number of influenza vaccine doses distributed is reported and can be found
at:
[1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/reports-and-promotion/influenza-vaccine-ADR-statistics.asp
The total number of adverse events following the influenza vaccination is
available on the link above.
Summary of the Reported Deaths to CARM - to include and be broken down as
follows
Unlikely related to vaccine
Could not be determined due to insufficient information
Cases still under investigation
Likely due to vaccine
Observed versus expected deaths within 21 days of vaccine
Please break this down into age groups similar to Medsafe reporting
Fatal cases related to the flu vaccine from 2016 to 2021 can be found on
the link above.
Please note, there is little detail about deaths relating to the flu
vaccine as there are only a couple per year. As the number of deaths are
small the information is refused under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to
protect the privacy of natural person.
Information regarding observed versus expected deaths within 21 days of
receiving the influenza vaccine is refused under section 18(e) of the Act,
as the information requested does not exist.
Can you also please provide a list of the identified safety signals
A list of the identified safety signals does not exist. However, I refer
you to Medsafe’s safety information which available on the following links
below:
* [2]www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/EWS/2018/ZosterAndInfluenza.asp#Update.
* [3]www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/EWS/2015/influenza-vaccine-hypersensitivity.asp.
Can you also please provide the above information for the Covid-19
Pfizer vaccine which should be easily pulled from Medsafe reports
broken down into the years of administration.
This information is publicly available in Medsafe’s safety reports, which
are published every month
at: [4]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/vaccine-report-overview.asp.
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under section 18(d) of the Act, as the information requested is publicly
available
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Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
M[6]inistry of Health information releases
U[7]nite against COVID-19
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1. http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/report...
2. http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/EWS/20...
3. http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/EWS/20...
4. http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/vacc...
5. mailto:[email address]
6. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
7. https://covid19.govt.nz/
From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests,
Can you please put this on Ministry of Health letterhead
All of this needs to be public record
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Chris,
As requested, please find attached a response to your request for
information on letterhead.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
M[1]inistry of Health information releases
U[2]nite against COVID-19
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From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #19836 email]>
Sent: Monday, 8 August 2022 14:12
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your request for official information, ref:
H2022006783
Dear OIA Requests,
Can you please put this on Ministry of Health letterhead
All of this needs to be public record
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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