Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
www.gov.uk/dhsc 39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
Jarrod Kirkman
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 28/01/2021
Dear Mr Kirkman,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1285269
Thank you for your request dated 29 December, in which you asked the Department of Health and
Social Care (DHSC):
“This is a request for information pursuant s.1 Freedom of Information Act ACT 2000.
Ground 1 - Evidence to prove SARS-COV-2 virus.
Produce any recorded information to evince that the Department of Health and Social Care have
acquired scientific evidence proving that the so called SARS-COV-2 virus has been isolated and
purified in reference laboratories run by Public Health England under Professor Zambon (Imperial
College London and Sage member).
Ground 2 – Evidence to prove Covid-19 disease.
Produce any recorded information to evince that the Department of Health and Social Care have
acquired scientific evidence proving that the so called COVID-19 disease has been isolated and
purified in reference laboratories run by Public Health England under Professor Zambon (Imperial
College London and Sage member).
Ground 3 – Evidence to prove causality between the alleged new novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus
and the purported COVID-19 disease.
Produce any recorded information to evince that the Department of Health and Social Care have
acquired scientific evidence proving that SARS- COV-2 is the cause of the COVID-19 disease so
as to fulfil all of the requirements of Rivers Postulates (1973).
Ground 4 – Evidence to prove transmission capability of SARS-COV-2 novel coronavirus.
Produce any recorded information to evince that the Department of Health and Social Care have
acquired scientific evidence of clinical study to prove that the purported SARS-COV-2 new novel
coronavirus is capable of transmission between like species.
Ground 5 – Evidence to prove spread.
Produce any recorded information to evince that the Department of Health and Social Care have
acquired scientific evidence of clinical study to prove that the SARS-COV-2 virus is capable of
being spread, so as to decree whether alive in the air, alive on surfaces, alive in droplets, and/or
something other.”
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
DHSC does not hold the information you have requested.
Outside of the scope of the FOIA, you may be interested to know that the World Health
Organisation has compiled a comprehensive database of research information in relation to
Coronavirus, which is availabl
e here (by following the links ‘Research and Development’ >’Global
research database’).
You may be aware that Go-Science regularly publishes the scientific evidence supporting the UK
Government response to Covid-19 on the GOV.UK website at thi
s link. If you have any queries in relation to the above discretionary information, we suggest that you
contact the Government Office for Science (Go-Science). FOI requests may be submitted to Go-
Science
at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. If you are not satisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to appeal by asking for
an internal review. This should be submitted within two months of the date of this letter and sent to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx, or to the address at the top of this letter. Please remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communication.
If you are not content with the outcome of your internal review, you may complain directly to the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have already appealed our original response and received our internal review decision. You should
raise your concerns with the ICO within three months of your last meaningful contact with us.
The ICO can be contacted at:
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https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ Yours sincerely,
Ruiz Alexander
Freedom of Information Officer
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx