Genome Sequencing
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From: Tess
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited,
1. Are you obtaining your genome sequencing from supplied positive PCR samples? If so, what is the average CT value? and if not, how are you obtaining your material/data to work with?
2. Out of all of the positive COVID19 results in New Zealand, how many have been genome sequenced?
3. Of all of the genome sequenced results, how many are a direct match to COVID19 (all variants)?
4. From the positive test results that were genome sequenced, how many variants have been found? and which variants were these?
Yours faithfully,
Tess
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Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited
Dear Tess,
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Simon McSweeney-Harte
OIA & Privacy Requests, ESR
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From: Tess <[7][FYI request #17030 email]>
Sent: Monday, 4 October 2021 12:39 pm
To: ESR External Enquiries <[8][ESR request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Genome Sequencing
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited,
1. Are you obtaining your genome sequencing from supplied positive PCR
samples? If so, what is the average CT value? and if not, how are you
obtaining your material/data to work with?
2. Out of all of the positive COVID19 results in New Zealand, how many
have been genome sequenced?
3. Of all of the genome sequenced results, how many are a direct match to
COVID19 (all variants)?
4. From the positive test results that were genome sequenced, how many
variants have been found? and which variants were these?
Yours faithfully,
Tess
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Simon McSweeney-Harte
OIA & Privacy Requests, ESR
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Dear Tess,
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
dated 4 October 2021.
Thank you and regards,
Simon McSweeney-Harte
OIA & Privacy Requests, ESR
Kenepuru Science Centre, 34 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua 5022
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