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Dear Anna,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 20 July 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“There is increasing awareness that PCR testing for Covid-19 is only
viable for diagnostic testing in symptomatic patients. It was not meant to
be a "screening test" as such due to the high level of false positives
which can occur from non-viable homologous gene sequences which may exist
in the human nasal cavity. Please provide the total number of MIQ patients
with symptoms or who required medical treatment out of all of those
testing positive by the nasal swab screening since border testing was
implemented in 2020 up until July 2021. Please also list the total number
of people that have been detained in MIQ since the Covid-19 pandemic
response, the total number of Covid-19 tests deployed by MIQ and the total
cost of the MIQ program since its implementation.”

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][MBIE request email].

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Dear Anna

 

Please find attached a letter partially transferring your request to the
Ministry of Health to respond to.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Office of the Deputy Secretary

Managed Isolation and Quarantine

Hīkina Whakatutuki

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-----Original Message-----
From: anna goodwin <[FOI #16136 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:56 AM
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - How many "positive cases" of
Covid-19 diagnosed in MIQ have been symptomatic or required hospital
treatment?

 

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

 

There is increasing awareness that PCR testing for Covid-19 is only viable
for diagnostic testing in symptomatic patients. It was not meant to be a
"screening test" as such due to the high level of false positives which
can occur from non-viable homologous gene sequences which may exist in the
human nasal cavity. Please provide the total number of MIQ patients with
symptoms or who required medical treatment out of all of those testing
positive by the nasal swab screening since border testing was implemented
in 2020 up until July 2021. Please also list the total number of people
that have been detained in MIQ since the Covid-19 pandemic response, the
total number of Covid-19 tests deployed by MIQ and the total cost of the
MIQ program since its implementation. 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

anna goodwin

 

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was partially
transferred from MBIE and received on 30 July 2021 for:

 

" 1. Please provide the total number of MIQ patients with symptoms or who
required medical treatment out of all of those testing positive by the
nasal swab screening since border testing was implemented in 2020 up until
July 2021.
3. the total number of Covid-19 tests deployed by MIQ "

 

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202109644.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 27 August 2021, 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

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Kia ora Anna
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information

Ngā mihi  

 

OIA Services 

Government Services 

Office of the Director-General 

Ministry of Health 

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Kia ora

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request of 20 July 2021.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Email: [1][email address]

 

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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