133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
20 October 2023
Mark Shelly
By email: [FYI request #24337 email]
Ref:
H2023032162
Tēnā koe Mark
Transfer of your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 4 October 2023. You requested:
“Please provide statistics of the incidence of serious illness and death in NZ directly
caused by COVID-19 infection and reports of serious illness and death reported to CARM
as being associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Please stratify by date range (from first
COVID-19 vaccine approval to now), age and sex.
Please provide equivalent information as requested above for influenza and the influenza
vaccine. Please include influenza and influenza vaccine information from 2014.”
Manatū Hauora does not hold any information relating to your request; however, I have been
advised that this information is held by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. For this reason, I
have decided to transfer your request to their agency under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You can
expect a response from Te Whatu Ora in due course.
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:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Mark Shelly
<[FYI request #24337 email]>; Received: Wed Oct 04 2023 11:12:23 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]>; OIA
<[email address]>; Subject: Official Information request - Influenza and COVID-19 infection and vaccination severe
illness and death information
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide statistics of the incidence of serious illness and death in NZ directly caused by
COVID-19 infection and reports of serious illness and death reported to CARM as being
associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Please stratify by date range (from first COVID-19
vaccine approval to now), age and sex.
Please provide equivalent information as requested above for influenza and the influenza
vaccine. Please include influenza and influenza vaccine information from 2014.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Shelly
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