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Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
15 February 2023
P McKenna
Email:
[FYI request #21710 email]
Ref:
H2023019860
Tēnā koe P McKenna
Transfer of your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 3 February 2023. You requested:
1. “Please supply the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI accessed in that
study that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks following each dose.
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the period of one year
following dose 2.
3. Please supply the number of all hospital admissions for each AESI for the period 1
January 2021 to 31 December 2021
4. Please supply the unpublished December 2021, Auckland University study titled
Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for COVID-19
vaccination by Petousis-Harris H.P., J. Zhao,et al. entitled: Background rates of adverse
events of special interest (AESIs) for COVID-19 vaccination.
”
The requested nformation is more closely connected with the functions of Te Whatu Ora –
Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to Te Whatu Ora
under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from their agency in due course.
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, na
Jan Torres
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
Dear Ministry of Health,
The Ministry of Health funded a preprint study: 'Adverse events following the BNT162b2 mRNA
COVID-19 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) in Aotearoa New Zealand' It was published as a pre-print
in the Lancet in January 2023.
1. Please supply the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI accessed in that study
that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks following each dose.
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the period of one year
following dose 2.
3. Please supply the number of all hospital admissions for each AESI for the period 1 January
2021 to 31 December 2021
4. Please supply the unpublished December 2021, Auckland University study titled Background
rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for COVID-19 vaccination by Petousis-Harris
H.P., J. Zhao,et al. entitled: Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for
COVID-19 vaccination.
Thankyou very much.
Yours faithfully,
P McKenna
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