NSW health minister condemns media for naming Sydney ‘barbecue man’ at centre of Covid outbreak

Brad Hazzard says AFR story that identified man was ‘appalling’, and warned it would undermine public health

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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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