Number of vials of Pfizer covid 19 vaccine that have been destroyed
Mark Paulson made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Mark Paulson
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please tell me how many vials of the covid 19 vaccine that you have purchased from Pfizer have had to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of because they cannot be used. The period covered by my request is for this calendar year up to and including 30 September 2021, or any later date if you have more recent information available.
I understand that each vial can provide 6 doses of vaccine, please confirm this is correct and if not how many doses are in each vial.
Please advise the number of vials destroyed for each reason, eg: past its expiry date, been out of cold storage for too long, etc, and how many vials wee full vials and how many were partiallly full(and if known how many doses were disposed of).
Yours faithfully,
Mark Paulson
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Kia ora Mark,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 12 October
2021 for:
"Please tell me how many vials of the covid 19 vaccine that you have
purchased from Pfizer have had to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of
because they cannot be used. The period covered by my request is for this
calendar year up to and including 30 September 2021, or any later date if
you have more recent information available.
I understand that each vial can provide 6 doses of vaccine, please confirm
this is correct and if not how many doses are in each vial.
Please advise the number of vials destroyed for each reason, eg: past its
expiry date, been out of cold storage for too long, etc, and how many
vials wee full vials and how many were partiallly full(and if known how
many doses were disposed of).”
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202114101.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
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OIA Services
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Ministry of Health
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From: Mark Paulson
Dear OIA Requests,
You are required by law to have responded to my request for information by now. You have responded by effectively saying that you are going to release some of the information I asked for at some point in the future by posting info on a website. That is not an adequate response under the OIA. If you have the information available now, p,ease release it directly to me. I have no issue with you subsequently or even contemporaneously publishing the response on a website, but I asked for the information to be provided to me, the least you can do is actually send it to me. Please send me the information you admit you have to me now, and please do not 'start the clock' on this request, as it is not a new request it is simply me asking you to immediately respond and provide me with the information you clearly have that I asked for in my first request. If I do not receive a very prompt response including the information I will be forced to complain to the ombudsman.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Paulson
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Kia ora,
Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
In accordance with the Act, we'll let you know our decision within no more
than 20 working days. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can
use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
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OIA Services Team
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