Freedom of Information request on the COVID-19 booster vaccination effectiveness (FOI 21/1033)
Published 25 February 2022
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27th September 2021
FOI 21/1033
Dear
Unfortunately, the information is exempt from release under Section 22 of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act:
Section 22 – Information intended for future publication: the information you have requested is due to be published. Section 22 is a qualified exemption, which means that we have considered whether the public interest in releasing the information is outweighed by the public interest in not giving the information. In favour of disclosure, we consider that there is a general public benefit from seeing this data. However, we consider that the public interest will be better served by not releasing the information until it is in its complete form.
We intend to publish an annex to the Public Assessment Reports (PARs) for the authorised vaccines in the near future to include information on the authorisation of the third dose.
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