Requested from DOH by E. Webley at 07:16 AM on
Aug 26, 2021.
Purpose: To validate the DOH assertions regarding the danger of coronavirus (pandemic) in the Philippines.
Date of Coverage: 03/01/2020 - 08/26/2021
Tracking no: #DOH-468221641767
Webley 07:16 AM, Aug 26, 2021
I write to request scientific studies and evidence of the following:
1. Documentation proving isolation of Sars-CoV2 and new delta strain, through a purified viral sample being imaged with an electron microscope conducted in the Philippines.
2. Documentation (a controlled scientific investigation in humans and/or animals). Where the isolated Sars-CoV2 and new delta strain virus sample (mentioned in point 1) is exposed to healthy humans and/or animals and shown to cause the disease “Covid19” in the Philippines.
Receiving Officer 07:44 AM, Aug 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
Dear Eleanor,
Thank you for your request dated Aug 26, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Isolation of Sars-CoV2 and New Delta Strain.
We received your request on Aug 26, 2021 and will respond on or before Sep 16, 2021 07:16:54 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foipmo12232019163500-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC00NjgyMjE2NDE3NjcM, for request with ticket number #DOH-468221641767.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer
Maker 09:42 AM, Aug 27, 2021
Hi Ms. Eleanor Webley
Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to the Epidemiology Bureau for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you
Maker 10:27 AM, Sep 01, 2021
September 1, 2021
Dear Eleanor Webley,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Aug 26, 2021 07:16:54 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your request
You asked for Isolation of Sars-CoV2 and New Delta Strain.
Response to your request
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the Philippine Genome Center at https://pgc.up.edu.ph/ as they are the institution that does the whole genomic sequencing of samples and they may have studies regarding the variants.
For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at foi@doh.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Decision Maker
I am not happy that you are diverting my inquiry to Philippine Genome Center. My inquiry is addressed to DOH therefore I am expecting a response and/or direct statement/documentation from DOH. Thank you
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