Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
15 June 2020
Ms Bronwyn Pullar
Email:
[FYI request #12687 email] Dear Ms Pullar
Re:
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received 8 May 2020 in which you specifically
requested the following:
1) How many of the 340 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on Thursday 16 March
2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were in the 20-29 year age group?
Note, the testing at Five Mile in Queenstown was completed in April, not March, as
requested. All questions 1 – 5 have been answered based on the testing completed on
Thursday 16 April.
A total of 92 individuals were in the 20 -29 year age group.
2) How many of the 340 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on Thursday 16 March
2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown in the 20-29 year age group were NZ residents and NZ
citizens?
This information was not gathered at the time of testing.
3) How many of the 340 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on Thursday 16 March
2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown in the 20-29 year age group were foreign Nationals?
This information was not gathered at the time of testing.
4) How many of the 340 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on Thursday 16 March
2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were NZ residents and NZ citizens?
This information was not gathered at the time of testing.
5) How many of the 340 individuals that participated in the sentinel tested on Thursday 16 March
2020 at Five Mile in Queenstown were foreign Nationals?
This information was not gathered at the time of testing.
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6) What is the total number of individuals that have been sentinel tested within the Southern
District Health Board region since 16 March? When and where were these sentinel tests
conducted?
A total of 2,574 people were tested between 16 April and 7 May 2020.
Date (April-May 2020)
Location
16 April
Five Mile Queenstown
24 – 27 April
Various Backpackers - Queenstown
From 29 April
Community Based Assessment (CBAC) staff – Invercargill
Dunedin
Queenstown
From 1 May
General Practice staff from practices designated to
undertake Covid testing
30 April – 2 May
Dunedin, Southland, Gore and Dunstan Hospital Staff
29 April
Puketeraki Marae (Karitane)
1 May
Alliance Lorneville staff
5 May
Alliance Pukeuri staff
4 May
Bluff Marae
6 May
Murihiku Marae (Invercargill)
7 May
Otakau Marae
7) Please provide a breakdown by age group, and by citizenship/nationality, for all individuals
sentinel tested within the Southern District Health Board region since 16 March.
Information on citizenship/nationality was not gathered at the time of testing.
Age range
Total
0-9
1
10-19
79
20-29
553
30-39
557
40-49
425
50-59
521
60-69
361
70-79
70
80-89
7
Total
2,574
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You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
Ref 1948
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