Department of Health(DOH)

March 2, 2022 Dear MA. LANZELLE CRUZ, I refer to my letter of Feb 28, 2022 02:52:22 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The Vaccination rate and doses administered in the Zamboanga peninsula. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. In order for our office to process this request, we ask that you send the following requirements to the DOH FOI email address: [email protected] 1. Complete address 2. Contact information (landline/ email address) 3. Valid ID Also, may we clarify with you which vaccine you are referring to? We administer vaccines for children, older people and COVID vaccine. Kindly specify this request You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC03ODgxMjI5OTA1NzAM, for request with ticket number #DOH-788122990570, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before May 25, 2022 08:34:07 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer

March 8, 2022 Dear MA. LANZELLE CRUZ, Thank you for your response dated 2 March 2022, with regard to my letter regarding clarifying your request on The Vaccination rate and doses administered in the Zamboanga peninsula, dated Mar 02, 2022 04:34 PM. We have now continued processing your request and have endorsed this request to the DOH Regional Office 9 for action. Kindly give us until Mar 21, 2022 02:52 PM to respond regarding our findings. 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC03ODgxMjI5OTA1NzAM, for request with ticket number #DOH-788122990570. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer

March 22, 2022 Dear MA. LANZELLE CRUZ, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 28, 2022 02:52:22 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for The Vaccination rate and doses administered in the Zamboanga peninsula. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Please take note that the COVID-19 vaccination roll out started last March 5, 2021 thus we only have data starting March 2021. For the softcopy of the Zamboanga CHD report: https://tinyurl.com/R9CovidVaccinationData Should you have clarifications or query on the data, you may contact the Data Management Unit in DOH Regional Office 9 at [email protected] 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 Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. 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