16 after some people at a basketball game he had attended two days earlier tested positive for the coronavirus. Djokovic said on Wednesday that he had taken a P.C.R. He had come under criticism over images on social media showing him at events at the same time he was supposedly infected with the coronavirus. Djokovic had said was a Covid infection he had in mid-December. Djokovic presented as he tried to enter Australia last week with an exemption from a requirement for Covid-19 vaccinations.Īustralian tennis officials granted that exemption on the basis of what Mr. Immigration officials were also investigating the discrepancies in the paperwork Mr. Djokovic said would be his last remarks about his ordeal in Australia, was released as the country’s immigration minister said he was still considering whether to exercise his personal powers to cancel the player’s visa again. The statement posted on Instagram, which Mr. Among them are exactly when he learned of the positive test result and how his travel documents came to falsely assert that he had not traveled internationally in the 14 days before his arrival in Australia. Djokovic’s statement did not fully resolve a range of questions that have swirled over his quest to remain in Australia and seek a record 21st Grand Slam title. He was detained for days by Australian border officials before being ordered released on Monday by a federal judge.īut Mr. The tennis star’s comments came in a statement he released on social media that he said was intended to “clarify misinformation” about the weeks before he arrived in Melbourne for the Australian Open.
Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, poses a risk to public health. Australian officials have said they are looking into whether Mr. Djokovic also said that he had participated in an interview and a photo shoot last month in his native Serbia even after testing positive for the coronavirus, in an apparent breach of the country’s rules for infected people. MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s tennis player, acknowledged on Wednesday that a travel document he presented to Australian border officials last week contained false information, as the country’s authorities continued to investigate whether he should be deported.
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