28 March 2024
Catherine Jamieson
[FYI request #23680 email]
Tēnā koe Catherine
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00037995
Thank you for your email on 13 February 2024, extended on 29 February 2024, asking Health New
Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act):
I have several queries and requests regarding the information provided in HNZ00030152.
Please clarify whether the distribution information provided regarding batch SDYX4 is
correct - that 7350 doses were distributed within the South Island. OIA response
HNZ00032271 declares that none of the 81,900 doses were dispatched but rather
discarded.
I understand that a separate database was utilised prior to the CIR inventory portal
becoming fully functional and some distribution data were recorded in a separate
database?
1. Please include distribution data as per the original request for batches - EP2163,
EP9605, ER7449, ET3045, ET9096
2. Please include any distribution data additional to that already provided for the following
batches (or distribution data in respect of any other batches additional to those
mentioned in this request that may not have been supplied in HNZ00030152 table) to
provide a complete response to the initial request. EX2405, FA5833, FC3558, FC5029,
FD0927, FD9234, FE2090, FE3064, FE8163, FF2382, FF4206, FG0050, FG3716
Response
Please note that the distribution data regarding batch SDYX4 is correct. The 81,900 doses noted
in OIA response HNZ00032271 was a notation error as 7,350 doses of batch SDYX4 were
dispatched, and 74,550 doses were in fact wasted at the warehouse.
The table below shows distribution data of COVID-19 vaccines from the warehouse between
February 2021 and June 2021. We are unable to provide receiving location data for this period. No
other batches were distributed over this period.
Sum of Quantity Dispatched by batch:
Month
Batch
Vials
Doses (6 per
Month
Batch
Vials
Doses (6 per
vial)
vial)
Feb/21
EP2163
1,775
10,650
Jun/21
FA5833
16,815
100,890
Mar/21
EP9605
3,100
18,600
Jun/21
FD0927
8,985
53,910
Mar/21
EP2163
9,625
57,750
Jun/21
EX2405
32,250
193,500
Apr/21
EP9605
20,955
125,730
Jun/21
FC3558
15,600
93,600
Apr/21
ER7449
13,620
81,720
Jun/21
FE2090
8,035
48,210
May/21 EX2405
13,055
78,330
Jun/21
FE3064
795
4,770
May/21 ET9096
34,009
204,054
Jun/21
FD9234
8,190
49,140
May/21 ER7449
6,105
36,630
May/21 ET3045
13,065
78,390
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Alana Ewe-Snow
Director Prevention
National Public Health Service
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand