Dear Paul Jackson,
        Your application dated 9 August 2021 was received.

2.        Please note that the Department of Health does not possess the
requested information.  

3.        If we can be of any assistance in the provision of other
information in the future, please contact Ms Sophy KWOK, Executive Officer
(Personnel) 3 at 3107 2593.  Thank you.

Regards,

(Ms Sophy KWOK)
for Director of Health
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From:        Paul Jackson <[FOI #711 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Department of Health <[Department of Health request email]>
Date:        09/08/2021 17:00
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Current or latest
seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

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Dear Sir or Madam,

According to WHO, as of 10 March 2021, there had been numerous SARS-CoV-2
seroprevalence surveys performed in South East Asia, particularly in
India:

[1]https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s...

There have subsequently been many more, with India completing a fourth
national level serosurvey in late July 2021 and many more state, metro and
local level seroprevalence surveys conducted since 10 March:

[2]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topi...

According to the latest Indian national survey, conducted by the Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and cited in the following Times of
India article, of India's population above the age of six, 67.6 percent
have developed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and 85.2 percent of the
surveyed healthcare workers had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

[3]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...

Hong Kong is a very small territory in comparison to India, with a GDP per
capita around 24 to 25 times that of India.

It can surely afford to perform seroprevalence surveys to ascertain the
level of immunity in the population, in order to better calibrate its
response to SARS-CoV-2.

These would be far less disruptive and far more useful than PCR testing.

1. When were the most recent SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence surveys conducted
in Hong Kong?

2. What were the results?

3. Please provide seroprevalence data stratified according to age,
location, whether healthcare workers or not, or any other relevant
criteria.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Jackson.

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Dear Paul Jackson,

        Your application dated 19 August 2021 was received.  

2.        The requested information is not in the possession of the
Department of Health.  According to 1.15 of the Code on Access to
Information, if a department receives a written request for information
which is held by another department, it will transfer the request to that
department.  In this regard, we have also consulted Food and Health
Bureau, which advised that the requested information is not under their
purview and they do not possess the requested information.

3.        If we can be of any assistance in the provision of other
information in the future, please contact Ms Sophy KWOK, Executive Officer
(Personnel) 3 at 3107 2593.  Thank you.

Regards,
(Ms Sophy KWOK)
for Director of Health
___________________________________
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----- Forwarded by Sophy KK KWOK/DH/HKSARG on 27/08/2021 09:00 -----

From:        Paul Jackson <[FOI #711 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Department of Health <[Department of Health request email]>
Date:        19/08/2021 20:03
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Current or latest
seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

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Dear Sophy,

Thank you for your response.

Please could you let me know which HKSARG department,  statutory body or
other HK organisation has this information, which is critical information
to set policy and practice for the response to SARS-CoV-2?

Yours sincerely,

Paul Jackson.

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Dear Paul Jackson,

        Your application dated 9 August 2021 was received.

2.        Please note that the Department of Health does not possess the

requested information.  

3.        If we can be of any assistance in the provision of other

information in the future, please contact Ms Sophy KWOK, Executive Officer

(Personnel) 3 at 3107 2593.  Thank you.

Regards,

(Ms Sophy KWOK)

for Director of Health

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