Deaths in Children due to Covid-19 vaccines
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Health,
The CDC in the US has released this report 29 November 2025 ' that at least 10 children have died after and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents...
.1 Would you please share how many children in NZ have died after and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination from the adverse event reporting system and from the NZ Immunization database?
2. Would you please share your correspondence, memos, minutes or any other discussions of this particular CDC report by Vinay Prasad MD MPH, CBER Director, CMSO US FDA or other briefs on this report?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 2 December 2025. You
requested:
.1 Would you please share how many children in NZ have died after and
because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination from the adverse event reporting
system and from the NZ Immunization database?
2. Would you please share your correspondence, memos, minutes or any other
discussions of this particular CDC report by Vinay Prasad MD MPH, CBER
Director, CMSO US FDA or other briefs on this report?
The reference number for your request is H2025076366. As required under
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Ngā mihi
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