You asked
Under the freedom of information act please can you provide the following information:
1) Can you please advise many people to have taken the Flu vaccine in 2020?
2) Can you please advise how many people had a positive RT-PCR test for SARs-COV-2 within 28 days of receiving their flu jab?
3) Can you please advise who (individual or company) was commissioned to produce all media marketing, branding for the Coronavirus, campaign including, logos, slogans, TV ads etc. Can you confirm when where they commissioned for the work and the contract value.
4) Can you please confirm is someone has been vaccinated for Adenovirus AD4 AD7, could this reduce the efficiency of the Chadox1 SARs-COV-2 vaccine.
5) Can you please also confirm the emergency payments, type, amounts, criteria for payment made by the Government to local authorities, local NGS trusts, local police forces to help stop the spread of Coronavirus, contain the virus, assist local economies.
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6) Regarding RT- PCR/PCR testing is there any possibility that a positive result could be given if the patient has been previously been infected with any of the other C LINEAGE BETACORONAVIRUSES including MERS-COV, HKU1, SARS-COV etc considering they contain mostly the same genetic material?
Finally
7) Can you please confirm how many general and acute hospital beds have been allocated for Coronavirus patients.
As recent article stated the Government requested that 30,000 out 100,000 should be kept available for Covid-19 patients, can you confirm if this is accurate.
Can you also confirm what calculations/equations have been made to ensure the NHS has enough beds during the pandemic?
Can you confirm the figure of excess deaths for none Covid-19 patients that has deemed acceptable to allow these beds to remain free?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please see the following answers to your questions:
1) Can you please advise many people have taken the Flu vaccine in 2020?
2) Can you please advise how many people had a positive RT-PCR test for SARs-COV-2 within 28 days of receiving their flu jab?
Unfortunately, we do not hold the data requested in questions 1 and 2. Your request may be better placed with Public Health England. They can be contacted via the following email address: wn_coronavirus@phe.gov.uk.
3) Can you please advise who (individual or company) was commissioned to produce all media marketing, branding for the Coronavirus, campaign including, logos, slogans, TV ads etc. Can you confirm when where they commissioned for the work and the contract value.
Unfortunately, we do not hold this information. The Government Communication Function may be better placed to assist. They can be contacted via email at gcs@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk.
4) Can you please confirm if someone has been vaccinated for Adenovirus AD4 AD7, could this reduce the efficiency of the Chadox1 SARs-COV-2 vaccine?
Unfortunately, as with questions 1 and 2, we do not hold the data requested, as we do not hold information regarding vaccines. Your request may be better placed with Public Health England. They can be contacted via the following email address: wn_coronavirus@phe.gov.uk.
5) Can you please also confirm the emergency payments, type, amounts, criteria for payment made by the Government to local authorities, local NGS trusts, local police forces to help stop the spread of Coronavirus, contain the virus, assist local economies.
We also do not hold this information.
However, we can information you that there is no single source for such information, as health is a devolved matter in the UK. Some information may be available from HM Treasury. They can be contacted via email at: foirequests@hmtreasury.gov.uk
We would also advise that you consider payments by the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland devolved administrations.
Likewise, oversight of local government is a devolved matter. For England the relevant oversight department would be the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. They can be contacted via email at: mhclgcorrespondence@communities.gov.uk
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6) Regarding RT- PCR/PCR testing is there any possibility that a positive result could be given if the patient has been previously been infected with any of the other C LINEAGE BETACORONAVIRUSES including MERS-COV, HKU1, SARS-COV etc considering they contain mostly the same genetic material?
We do not hold information regarding this statement. Public Health England may be better placed to assist. They can be contacted via the following email address: wn_coronavirus@phe.gov.uk.
Finally
7) Can you please confirm how many general and acute hospital beds have been allocated for Coronavirus patients.
As recent article stated the Government requested that 30,000 out 100,000 should be kept available for Covid-19 patients, can you confirm if this is accurate.
Can you also confirm what calculations/equations have been made to ensure the NHS has enough beds during the pandemic?
Can you confirm the figure of excess deaths for none Covid-19 patients that has deemed acceptable to allow these beds to remain free?
We do not hold information pertaining to hospital bed allocation. This request would be better placed with NHS England. Details of how to request information is available via the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/.