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Kia ora Brendan,

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan Atkinson <[FOI #18530 email]>
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2022 2:36 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vaccination status of people
getting covid tests

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

I would like to understand whether there is a measurable reluctance to
test amongst the unvaccinated population compared to the vaccinated
population.

 

The data I'd like to see is a weekly breakdown of covid tests results
grouped by vaccination status. I'm most interested in data this year to as
current a date as you can, but if it's simple it would've great to have it
dating back to the start of the vaccine rollout.

 

I don't need to know if test results were positive or negative necessarily
if that makes it diffulicult (though again if it's easy it might be
interesting), as I'm interested in comparing testing rates between
vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated populations. Breaking
unvaccinated into eligible and ineligible would be helpful too.

 

Yours faithfully,

Brendan Atkinson

 

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Kia ora Brendan,  

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 11
February 2022 requesting: 

 

“a weekly breakdown of covid tests results grouped by vaccination status.
I'm most interested in data this year to as current a date as you can, but
if it's simple it would've great to have it dating back to the start of
the vaccine rollout.

I don't need to know if test results were positive or negative necessarily
if that makes it diffulicult (though again if it's easy it might be
interesting), as I'm interested in comparing testing rates between
vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated populations. Breaking
unvaccinated into eligible and ineligible would be helpful too” 

 

The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further collation is required. 

 

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 5 April
2022. 

 

While we work on your request, you may be interested in the below links to
testing data and case demographics online:  

o [1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/testing-covid-19#recent-testing 
o [2]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-case-demographics#vaccinations-details 
o [3]www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/WQ_03474_2022/aa1457a004a14eba81e0d2aefde5718bea03268e 

 

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Kia ora Brendan,   

    

Thank you for your request for official information to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry), on 11 February 2022 for:   

  

“Is a weekly breakdown of covid tests results grouped by vaccination
status. I'm most interested in data this year to as current a date as you
can, but if it's simple it would've great to have it dating back to the
start of the vaccine rollout.

I don't need to know if test results were positive or negative necessarily
if that makes it difficult (though again if it's easy it might be
interesting), as I'm interested in comparing testing rates between
vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated populations. Breaking
unvaccinated into eligible and ineligible would be helpful too.” 

  

The Ministry is only able to provide you with a breakdown of vaccination
status for positive COVID-19 cases, as negative rapid antigen tests (RAT)
results are rarely provided. Information on the vaccination of positive
COVID-19 cases can be found on the Ministry’s website
at: [1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-case-demographics#vaccinations-details.  

The Ministry also publishes details about every person with COVID-19
(confirmed or probable) in a downloadable spreadsheet. For privacy
reasons, this data only includes:

* Date potential case was notified
* Sex of case
* Age group of case
* DHB where the case lives - listed as "Managed isolation & quarantine"
for border cases
* If the case is related to overseas travel

This data is available from the Ministry's [2]COVID-19 Data GitHub
repository. It is updated daily and covers all cases from 26 February
2020 

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