Department of Health

Receiving Officer 10:19 AM, Oct 09, 2023

October 9, 2023

Dear Kai,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 05, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Follow up #DOH-972996581970.

We received your request on Oct 05, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 26, 2023 09:06:19 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0wMTQxMjcyNDU3NTAM, for request with ticket number #DOH-014127245750.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 05:54 PM, Oct 10, 2023

Dear Kai,

Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the FDA for action and your previous eFOI Request #DOH-972996581970  has no response yet from them as well, rest-assured that we follwed up on this. Kindly await for their response, thank you.

All the best and God bless!

Maker 09:14 PM, Oct 11, 2023

October 11, 2023

Dear Kai Doering,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 05, 2023 09:06:19 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Follow up #DOH-972996581970.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please see responses below from FDA

1. Does this mean that all of the deaths are partial or fully
vaccinated?
- In reference to our published report posted in the FDA website, it was stated that majority of the COVID-19 death cases are mostly partially vaccinated. The report
does not state that all of the reported deaths due to confirmed COVID-19 are partially or fully vaccinated.

2. In a previous request you stated that your department is not recording the vaccination status of new cases/deaths. If you have data now, please provide them.
- Vaccination status is not a mandatory information when
reporting, thus, this data is still not available.

3. Please provide the date of death for the new deaths. 
- There are no reports of new deaths due to COVID-19
for the months of June and July.

4. Based on international studies a passive recording system as yours has an underreporting rate of 10 to 100. How do you account for this?
- Please be informed that underreporting is a common
phenomenon not only in the Philippines but worldwide
We address this through different pharmacovigilance
advocacies to increase reporting.

Thank you


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 the 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
FOI Receiving Officer