Kia ora

Thank you for your request for official information received on 4
September 2020 for:

 What programmes of sentinel surveillance testing has been established and
implemented by the Ministry of Health and regional health authorities
since March 2020 to regularly screen the cohort of young, foreign
travellers within NZ for Covid-19, for whom age, shared and transient
living arrangements, and socialising skills make them more likely to be
asymptomatic, super-spreading carriers of Covid-19, and where barriers to
being tested for Covid-19 exist, such as, a lack of any symptoms, the lack
of a vehicle to queue up to a testing station, a lack of patience to wait
in a queue to be tested, the lack of a local GP, concerns over their visa
status, the lack of an incentive to get tested, and/or a carefree,
irresponsible attitude?
Please provide copies of all information and official advice provided to
the Minister of Health, the all of Government Covid-19 taskforce, and to
the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, regarding sentinel
surveillance testing of the cohort of young, foreign travellers within NZ
for Covid-19.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202007002.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 2 October 2020, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Kia ora

Thank you for your request for official information received on 4
September 2020 for:

        "What programmes of sentinel surveillance testing has been
established and implemented by the Ministry of Health and regional health
authorities since March 2020 to regularly screen the cohort of young,
foreign travellers within NZ for Covid-19, for whom age, shared        
and transient living arrangements, and socialising skills make them more
likely to be asymptomatic, super-spreading carriers of Covid-19, and where
barriers to being tested for Covid-19 exist, such as, a lack of any
symptoms, the lack of a vehicle to queue up to a                 testing
station, a lack of patience to wait in a queue to be tested, the lack of a
local GP, concerns over their visa status, the lack of an incentive to get
tested, and/or a carefree, irresponsible attitude?

       Please provide copies of all information and official advice
provided to the Minister of Health, the all of Government Covid-19
taskforce, and to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, regarding
sentinel surveillance testing of the cohort of young, foreign travellers  
      within NZ for Covid-19."
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202007002.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 2 October 2020, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Kia ora Bronwyn,

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Lily Zhang

Advisor l Government Services and Coordination l Office of the
Director-General l Manatū Hauora

Waea:  021 359 215 | Īmēra: [1][email address] | Level 1
North, 133 Molesworth Street, Wellington

Pronouns: she/her

 

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