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Tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16 and his recovery from the infection was the basis for his medical exemption to play at the Australian Open, his lawyers said in a court filing on Saturday.
The filing said the 34-year-old was not experiencing symptoms and had written clearance from Australia’s immigration department before travelling to the country with a medical exemption from its vaccination rules.
Djokovic, who is in immigration detention in Melbourne after his visa was cancelled on arrival on Thursday, returned his first positive coronavirus test last month.
Fourteen days later he ‘had not had a fever or respiratory symptoms of Covid-19 in the last 72 hours’, the filing said.
Novak Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16 and his recovery from the infection was the basis for his medical exemption to play at the Australian Open
Djokovic is seen with Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley. Tennis Australia had informed unvaccinated players they could attend the Australian Open if they’d tested positive to Covid in the past six months
On January 1, the Serbian sports star received a ‘a document from the Department of Home Affairs (which) told Djokovic that his ‘responses indicate(d) that (he met) the requirements for a quarantine-free arrival into Australia’, the documents added.
His lawyers also said that on December 30, Tennis Australia granted him a ‘medical exemption from Covid vaccination’ on the basis he had recently recovered from the virus.
Djokovic, an outspoken critic of mandatory vaccination, has never disclosed his own vaccination status.
He is challenging his visa cancellation in Australia’s federal court in hopes of winning his 21st Grand Slam at the Australian Open which starts on January 17.
His case will be heard in court on Monday.
Leaked documents from Tennis Australia said that unvaccinated players were able to apply for a temporary medical exemption if they had contracted…
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Source : dailymail
