Tçnâ koe Erika Whittome

Thank you for your email received 25 August 2024, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond.

Ngâ manaakitanga,

Official Information Team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

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From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #28173 email]>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 7:50 AM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vaccination requirements at MSD

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Between December 2021 to sometime in April 2022, the MSD had in place a vaccination policy for staff, yet office, case and field workers were not one of the affected groups in the Covid-19 Public Health (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

Under the Official Information Act, provide the following information:

1.Was Covid 19 a disease reported to Worksafe by MSD?

2.Did Covid 19 arise out of the nature of work at MSD?

3.Is there or was there in the past, any genetic “gain of function” work taking place at MSD on corona viruses, or the nursing of corona virus patients?

Please provide:

4.The written authorisation from the Director General specifying persons at MSD who were authorised enforcement person(s) under section 18 (2) the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020. Please provide the functions and powers that could be carried out by the authorised enforcement person(s) and;

5.Number of exemptions issued to MSD workers under clause 9 of the Covid 19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021, eg clause 9, 9A, 12A;

6.Any other exemptions issued to staff, please provide grounds and number issued and;

7.In relation to covid 19 vaccines, any payment MSD and/or its subsidiaries received for each staff member that was vaccinated, the amount and the scheme the payment was provided under and;

8.Any payment the MSD and/or its subsidiaries received for leasing or renting floor space for vaccination in 2021 and 2022 , eg super Saturdays events at any of your facilities. Please include the amount and the scheme the payment was provided under.

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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Kia ora Erika Whittome

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

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We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
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