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7 December 2021
Scott
By email: [FYI request #16609 email]
Ref:
H202113567
Tēnā koe Scott
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 4 October 2021 as a follow up to your previous request (H202111692
refers).
You specifically requested:
1) All COVID-19 Weekly Situation Updates, dated since 29 August
Five documents have been identified within scope of this part of your request. Please refer to
Document 1, which cover COVID-19 weekly situation updates from:
• 5 September 2021
• 10 September 2021
• 17 September 2021
• 24 September 2021
• 1 October 2021
2) The latest COVID-19 disease indicator national quarterly summary report
This information is publicly available on the Ministry website at the following address:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/general-information-releases/ongoing-
covid-19-disease-indicator-summary-reports.
3) The post-exercise report and action plan for the scenario planning exercise
undertaken with the National COVID-19 Laboratory Testing Network (referred to in
your initial response)
Please refer to Document 2 attached.
4) A copy of the “Delta variant work programme” referred to in your initial response
Please note the Delta variant work program referenced in this request and our previous
response relates to a program of work featuring multiple workstreams, not a single document.
For this reason, this part of your request is refused under section 18(e) of the Act, as the
requested document does not exist.
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, nā
Dom Harris
Manager, Office of the DCE
COVID-19 Health System Response
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