Djokovic: Recent Covid infection gave tennis star an exemption, his lawyers say
Novak Djokovic’s vaccine exemption to enter Australia was based on having had Covid last month, his lawyers have claimed. Court documents published on Saturday say the world No1 tested positive for the virus on December 16 and has “not had a fever or respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 72 hours”. Djokovic had been granted a medical exemption to play in this month’s Australian Open despite not meeting its criteria of being double-vaccinated but was dramatically denied entry to the country after landing in Melbourne this week. Continue reading: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-covid-australian-open-lawyers-b975604.html Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1
