Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-KingSex workers in Christchurch say they are struggling to balance the privacy of their clients with the need to record contact tracing information. "It's for the community's wellbeing as well as [clients] and sex workers own wellbeing," she said. However Dame Healy said many agencies had existing contact tracing solutions to deal with possible HIV infection, which could be adapted for Covid-19. The government officially launched a new contact tracing app yesterday allowing people to privately log places they have recently visited. Sex worker and academic Dr Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith said it was only fair that people using and appreciating the services of sex workers extended the same respect to their health.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 21, 2020 20:15 UTC