Department of Health(DOH)

Dear Ryan, Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the DOH Public Health Services Team (PHST) for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you. All the best and God bless!

October 18, 2023 Dear Ryan Cuartero, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 30, 2023 12:10:40 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Natural characteristics of viruses. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. After the evolution of the new SARS-CoV-2 variants, concerns regarding the vaccine escape and antibody escape event have been raised. It has been noted that the efficiency of vaccines is reducing in most cases due to the mutations of the variants. Vaccine escape is an interesting phenomenon, and therefore, it is urgently necessary to understand vaccine efficiency due to the emerging variants and their mutations. Furthermore, there is no evidence that these partial escapes resulted from vaccine-induced antibody pressure 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 the 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