Novak Djokovic meets minister and young tennis players on unmasked day after COVID-19 infection

Also on December 16, English cricketer Kevin Pietersen published on Instagram a photo of himself with Djokovic in Belgrade.

On December 17, the day after his positive result, the Serbian Tennis Association said it had participated in an event where the best junior players were awarded. In the pictures Djokovic without a mask with children.

On the same day, he met with a Serbian minister to celebrate the acquisition of new scanning equipment to speed up the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients at Dragisa Misovic Clinical Hospital. Inside something Serbian government bulletinDjokovic was said to have said the community needs to work together to support healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.

“The healthcare system is under constant pressure, and I hope this latest-generation scanner will be able to ease some of the conditions and allow a larger number of people to get the best diagnosis in a short amount of time,” he said in a statement. .

Djokovic is trying to overturn the visa revocation at a federal court hearing on Monday. In documents filed on Saturday, his attorneys allege that he received a letter from the Home Office on January 1 stating that Djokovic’s Australian travel ad had been evaluated and his responses “indicated that he met the requirements for unquarantine entry into Australia, if permitted. Jurisdiction. [his] arrival”.

The letter, which Djokovic’s lawyers claim, allowed him to travel to Australia without quarantine, did not guarantee his entry into Australia, this masthead has learned.

Djokovic filled out an Australian travel ad with the app and said he was exempt from the need for vaccination because he had been infected in the last six months. The app provides a prospective traveler with preliminary information about his or her eligibility to enter Australia.

However, the result is based on the applicant’s declarations and does not give final approval for the person’s admission.

The first thorough test of the evidence of a person witnessing freedom of vaccination will be conducted when he enters the country and the border authorities inspect their paperwork, a source familiar with the process said.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt refused to answer certain questions about the federal government’s assessment of Djokovic’s application for exemption on Sunday morning. “Since this is now a court case, I will respectfully leave comments until the courts have dealt with them,” he said.

Hunt confirmed that another Australian Open player who entered the country with the same exception, Renata Voráčová, had left the country voluntarily after the visa was revoked.

On the third day of the night-long protests in Belgrade led by the Djokovic family, his father, Srdjan, once again made political speeches as well as false claims about Serbian history and aimed at the Australian authorities.

“This has nothing to do with sport, this is a political decision. We are not angry with the Australian people, but with their politicians. They let him come in and win the 10th Grand Slam, but this is no longer open, it is closed. Unfortunately for them, this has nothing to do with tennis anymore, without Novak it just isn’t it and they know it, ”Srdjan Djokovic said.

Nigel Farage, a British broadcaster and former leader of the British Anti-Immigration Independence Party, said he spoke to Djokovic’s family on Saturday. “He… was arrested, his phone and wallet were taken,” Farage wrote on Twitter.

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