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Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ request for anonymity

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Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication of their names.

Claimed junior clinicians could be subject to abuse and harassment on social media and in person.

UK Health Security Agency said there was a “high likelihood’s junior members of staff could face online abuse.

Baroness Hallett ruled their names could be published in minutes of IPC Cell meetings.