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Article History

Received: 28 April 2021

Accepted: 30 September 2021

First Online: 18 October 2021

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: Surveillance of COVID-19 testing and vaccination is undertaken under Regulation 3 of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 to collect confidential patient information () under Sections 3(i) (a) to (c), 3(i)(d) (i) and (ii) and 3(3). Review by the Heath Research Authority identified no regulatory issues with this evaluation, and ethical review is not a requirement for this study.Data analysis was facilitated under Control of patient information (COPI) notice (). Informed consent was not required for the study.

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