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    Date: 2021-03-20 11:28:41.786835

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RESULT IF SWAB TEST

Requested from DOH by J. Valeros at 11:28 AM on Mar 20, 2021.
Purpose: FOR EMPLOYMENT
Date of Coverage: 03/17/2021 - 03/20/2021
Tracking no: #DOH-202524579565

Valeros 11:28 AM, Mar 20, 2021 

Hi Good Day! I would like to request for my Swab Test Result conducted March 17,2021 in my Unit here in Quezon City because i am a closed contact of Positive Case of Covid 19.
I need an immediate response for this matter.
This is the Barcode of my Swab Specimen 
ACTBFPO55991
Jerwin Ignacio Valeros

Thank You!

Receiving Officer 06:20 PM, Mar 20, 2021 

March 20, 2021

Dear Jerwin,

Thank you for your request dated Mar 20, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for RESULT IF SWAB TEST.

We received your request on Mar 20, 2021 and will respond on or before Apr 09, 2021 11:28:41 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0yMDI1MjQ1Nzk1NjUM, for request with ticket number #DOH-202524579565.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer


March 22, 2021

Dear Jerwin Valeros,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 20, 2021 11:28:41 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for RESULT IF SWAB TEST.

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. 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 Decision Maker

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