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    Date: 2020-12-12 22:09:09.443735

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Covid 19 swab test result

Requested from DOH by D. Barcelona at 10:09 PM on Dec 12, 2020.
Purpose: Request, covid 19 swab test result
Date of Coverage: 12/10/2020 - 12/11/2020
Tracking no: #DOH-782683131796

Barcelona 10:09 PM, Dec 12, 2020 

Hi! I'm Domingo barcelona, I would like to follow up my covid 19 swab test result.

Receiving Officer 06:31 PM, Dec 13, 2020 

December 13, 2020

Dear Domingo,

Thank you for your request dated Dec 12, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Covid 19 swab test result.

We received your request on Dec 12, 2020 and will respond on or before Jan 01, 2021 10:09:09 PM, 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC03ODI2ODMxMzE3OTYM, for request with ticket number #DOH-782683131796.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer


December 14, 2020

Dear Domingo Barcelona,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 12, 2020 10:09:09 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Covid 19 swab test result.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. Please be informed that test results may not be requested from and released through the FOI portal as this constitutes a violation of the Data Privacy Act. Release and dissemination of the requested results is prohibited because it contains personal information of patients not for public consumption.

For follow ups regarding the results of swab tests, the testing center which conducted the swabbing would be the appropriate office to address this request. 

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 Officer

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