He was silent for a long time, now expresses himself tennis-Professional Novak Djokovic (34) itself in more detail on the Immigration crime to Australia – on Instagram.
After his legal proceedings, with which he initially fought to stay in the country and participate in the Australian Open, he now wants to make his positive with irregularities corona-Test clean up in December.
There is “misinformation” about his activities that he wants to correct. He always went to great lengths to ensure everyone’s safety and compliance.
Djokovic writes: “I went to a basketball game in Belgrade on December 14th,” after which some corona cases were reported.
According to Djokovic, on the now famous December 16, he did an antigen test that turned out negative. Out of sheer caution, he also did a PCR test. “I had no symptoms and I felt fine. He claims to have received the news of the positive PCR test on December 17th. But only after an event with children, before which he claims to have been tested negative again with a rapid test.
He did not adhere to the quarantine
On December 18, he finally conducted a long-term interview with the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe”, when he already knew about his positive results. “Although I went home after the interview and went into isolation for the prescribed length of time, after thinking more carefully, that was a misjudgment and I understand that I should have postponed this commitment,” he wrote.
The fact that his entry form incorrectly stated that he had not traveled in the 14 days before his flight to Australia was described by Djokovic as a “human error” by his agent, “which was certainly not done on purpose”.
His employees have provided the Australian authorities with further information in order to provide clarity in this regard. It was important to him to clarify all of this, but he would not comment on the incidents out of respect for the Australian government.
Djokovic is now trying to concentrate fully on the tournamentPhoto: WILLIAM WEST / AFP
Djokovic was refused entry into the country last week because he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus and the documentation of his medical exemption was insufficient for the authorities.
Because the border officials had not given him the agreed time to clarify, the decision was overturned during a court hearing on Monday. The Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke (44) has reserved the right to make use of his personal rights and still invalidate Djokovic’s visa. That decision is still pending.
Meanwhile, according to the news magazine “Spiegel”, there are new inconsistencies. When did Djokovic really test positive? Has his positive corona test been manipulated? The PCR test submitted by his lawyers was dated December 26th, not December 16th, in the Serbian database.
Thus, the test may have been carried out on a different day than the tennis star claimed – which would set him back in the battle for his residence permit. If that is true, the positive test would be AFTER the negative test on December 22nd.