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Dear Ajay

There are two publicly available sources that you may find useful in
relation to your request about the definition of COVID-19 vaccination.

1. The Public Health (COVID-19 General) Order (No 2) 2021 provides a
definition of "fully vaccinated"
([1]https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/file/Publ...
). The history of the previous orders is also available online.

2. We also refer to FAQs from the National Centre for Immunisation
Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) on the NSW Health website. The NCIRS
FAQs can be found at the following link and answer questions such as "how
many doses of a COVID vaccine are required and what is the schedule":
[2]https://www.ncirs.org.au/covid-19/covid-...

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Dear NSW Ministry of Health,

Please provide official documents/ meeting notes/ media release/
study/emails or any related document which clearly provides the definition
of when any living man or woman or person is considered as vaccinated.

Also if the definition of vaccinated and unvaccinated has changed since
Jan 2021, Please provide all the emails/ documents/ meeting notes/ media
release/ study or any related document that clearly mentions why the
definition changed, when it changed and based on what it changed.

Yours faithfully,

Ajay S

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