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COVID-19 Data

Requested from DOH by Merinette Retona at 11:25 AM on May 26, 2020.
Purpose: Research and for inclusion in the fact check story
Date of Coverage: 05/26/2020 - 05/26/2020
Tracking no: #DOH-315288286518

Receiving Officer 11:25 AM, May 26, 2020 

What are the leading causes of death among COVID-19 patients in the Philippines? (It will be much appreciated if you provide not only the top cause of death but several causes of death among COVID-19 patients.) What diseases develop/are highly likely to develop in a person once s/he contracts COVID-19? Is disseminated intravascular coagulation (pulmonary thrombosis) at all related to COVID-19, specifically based on the cases recorded in the country? If yes, how?

Receiving Officer 11:26 AM, May 26, 2020 

May 26, 2020

Dear Merinette Retona,

Thank you for your request dated May 26, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for COVID-19 Data.

We received your request on May 26, 2020 and will respond on or before Aug 18, 2020 11:25:57 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://pcoomaster09212018114000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zMTUyODgyODY1MTgM, for request with ticket number #DOH-315288286518.

Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer

02:51 PM, May 26, 2020 

Hi Merinette Retona,

Please be informed that your request has been endorsed to the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau and Epidemiology Bureau for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you


July 17, 2020

Dear #DOH-315288286518,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 26, 2020 11:25:57 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for COVID-19 Data.

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. The Epidemiology Bureau does not have data  as to the leading causes of death among COVID-19 Cases in the COVID Info System.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

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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.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Officer

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