Brad Hazzard lashes out at 'juvenile and moronic' prankster who 'dobbed him in as Covid-positive' online and threatens them with a $5,000 fine By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:40 GMT, 17 January 2022 | Updated: 23:40 GMT, 17 January 2022 Viewcomments Brad Hazzard has lashed out at pranksters submitting false positive Covid tests online after he himself was dobbed in as Covid positive. The NSW Health Minister said hundreds of the state's 13,763 rapid antigen tests reported on Tuesday and more in previous days were fake. Mr Hazzard said he received a notification that he had tested positive, despite being Covid free and giving a live press conference. 'I am aware of some importance that some people think it's a joke, perhaps malicious, to put in force reports, to health and NSW about somebody being positive,' he said. 'I can now speak from is personal experience, I received notification yesterday and again today from NSW Health that apparently somebody has put my name in there as being a positive rapid antigen test. 'Can I just say, first of all, it is extremely irresponsible, you are undermining white the public health team is trying to do here to keep the entire community safe.' Mr Hazzard then launched into a lengthy and stinging rebuke of anyone who would mess with the system, and threatened them with a $5,000 fine. 'It is juvenile, it is moronic but it's also so disappointing to think that you would actually undermine an incredibly hard-working public health team here in NSW,' he said. 'I want to remind the good do that that there is a $5,000 fine for anybody who misrepresents any facts to the NSW Health people who are trying to keep us safe. 'The police will come hunting and if you're caught, you will cover $5,000 fine but worse still, when you're telling your friends about that, they will probably tell you how stupid you are. It's quite moronic.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility