Records request related to COVID-19 vaccine doses

Dear Rachana Pradhan:

Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of San Antonio. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of Texas Government Code, the Public Information Act. Your request was received in this office on 7/13/2021 and given the reference number W393062-071321 for tracking purposes.

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City of San Antonio 07/16/2021
Rachana Pradhan Via EMail

411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

RE:    Response to Public Information Request

COSA ORR No: W393062-071321

Dear Rachana Pradhan,

This letter responds to your request for information to the City of San Antonio, dated and received in our office on 7/13/2021 1:44:16 PM.

Information Requested: Metro Health Records - Subject: Texas Public Information Act Request: Records request related to COVID-19 vaccine doses
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
(1) any and all data on the number of wasted, spoiled or expired COVID-19 vaccine doses from 12/11/2020
to 01/26/2021 and (2) any and all data on the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered from
12/11/2020 to 01/26/2021.
Please note that I am a member of the news media as evidenced by my published work for Kaiser Health
News at www.khn.org and this request is being made for news gathering purposes. Any questions should
be routed to myself via email or by phone at 703-731-7918.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made
for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance
of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your
response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rachana Pradhan
The City of San Antonio has reviewed its files and Pursuant to the Public Information Act, the City is only required to produce documents responsive to the request rather than answer a question.  However, in a effort to be transparent there were, uring the time period there were 7 doses wasted due to syringe malfunctions.  There were 24,965 total COVID-19 vaccines administered during that time period. Although the Public Information Act allows a governmental body to charge for copying documents, the enclosed is being provided to you at no charge.
Please let me know if we can be of any other assistance.
Sincerely, Jose Castro
Health Department

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