Kia ora Athina,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 12 January
2022 for:

 

"As the PCR test does not differentiate between covid variants, how many
of the positive PCR tests from 18th December 2021 were sent for genomic
sequencing to determine that the variant was Omicron. Also please advise
me what organisations carry out the genomic sequencing and provide me with
the raw data that was used to determine this.”

 

The Ministry of Health has consolidated this request with your earlier
request for official information under reference number: H202117907.  

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Athina Andonatou <[FOI #18164 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2022 3:25 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Genomic sequencing

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

As the PCR test does not differentiate between covid variants, how many of
the positive PCR tests from 18th December 2021 were sent for genomic
sequencing to determine that the variant was Omicron. Also please advise
me what organisations carry out the genomic sequencing and provide me with
the raw data that was used to determine this.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Athina Andonatou

 

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