NSW health minister condemns media for naming Sydney ‘barbecue man’ at centre of Covid outbreak
by Amanda Meade from World news | The Guardian on (#5HN26)
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The New South Wales health minister has said a newspaper's decision to name the man who visited numerous barbecue shops in Sydney while infected with Covid-19 was appalling" and would undermine public health.
Brad Hazzard said the Australian Financial Review's story identifying a patient stinks" because it may discourage the public from cooperating fully with the contact tracers in the future and the man had not consented to have his identity revealed.
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