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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #19836 email]>;
Received: Wed Jul 06 2022 13:35:14 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Flu Vaccine & Covid Vaccine

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, 

 

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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Ngā mihi 

  

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Kia ora Chris,
As requested, please find attached a response to your request for
information on letterhead. 

Ngā mihi 

  

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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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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.  

  

 Please note, while the Act allows New Zealanders to ask for information
 from Ministers and government agencies, there is no requirement for
 agencies to create new documents or data. The information that you
request
 can be answered in the link above. As such your request is refused in
full
 under section 18(d) of the Act, as the information requested is publicly
 available

 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
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