On January 17, Australia expanded 2022 to officially start. Currently, the players are rushing to attend the trails to have the best preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
What is happening to Djokovic?
Facing the complicated development of Covid-19 epidemic, the Australian Organizing Committee has issued a regulation that all players have to inject two new vaccines to be attended. This has caused a great controversy in the felt ball village. In particular, the most noticeable name is Novak Djokovic.
It is known that Djokovic has not yet been vaccinated. Not only that, the world's number one tennis player also opposed the vaccination. In a live chat on Facebook, the world's number one player presented his views as follows:
I personally oppose the vaccination and I don't want to be vaccinated by someone to be able to go abroad. However, what will happen if this becomes a mandatory regulation? I will have to make my own decision. ”
This raises concerns that Djokovic will be absent in Australia expanding 2022. After a period of silence and letting the press cost a lot of ink, Nole suddenly announced the good news to the fans on January 4. On his personal page, the Serbian tennis player confirmed that he was exempted from health and was ready for the journey to protect the throne of Australia.
What is medical exemption?
In December 2021, Australian Tennis issued a CIVI-19 vaccination policy for Australia to expand 2022. Of which, the most notable item is the process of applying for health exemption for special cases. Specifically, these players can enter Victoria without vaccinating or 14 days of isolation.
If medical exemptions are calculated as valid as prescribed by the Australian immunization technical adviser (ATAGI), the application will be submitted to the Australian immunization registration agency. This is also the organization to make a final decision. However, the list of individuals exempted from health will not be public.
According to The Guardian, the medical exemption criteria offered by Atagi include: an individual with serious medical condition or serious side effects after the CIVI-19 vaccination. In addition, for individuals with positive testing results with Covid-19, vaccination can also be postponed after 6 months from the date of infection.
Why is Djokovic exempted from health by Australia and Victoria?
So far, Djokovic has not publicized his immunization status. In addition, the list of health exemptions is also confidential. Therefore, no unit has confirmed the reason for Nole to be exempted from health.
Even so, Djokovic had previously revealed that he had a positive result with Covid-19 in May 2020. This is most likely a basis for the world's number one player to require medical exemption when filing in Australian health authorities.
Bitter fruit in Melbourne
After an exciting announcement on Instagram, Djokovic quickly took a flight to Melbourne. However, in this morning, the world media was turned back when the world's number one player was banned from entering Australia.
According to top sources, Djokovic was kept by the Australian border forces in a private room at the airport for 9 hours. The reason comes from the British visa that does not apply to cases of medical exemption (namely CIVIV-19 vaccine). Therefore, the world's number one player cannot pass the passport control gate at the airport.
Shortly thereafter, the Australian Border Guard (ABF) issued a notice to confirm the Djokovic information that was revoked with visa and likely to be expelled from the country.
“ABF confirmed Djokovic did not provide enough papers and did not meet the requirements to enter Australia. His visa was canceled. All those who are not Australian citizens, with invalid visas or canceled visas will be expelled from Australia,” ABF said.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also voiced support for AFB's decision. He wrote on his personal page: “Djokovic's visas have been canceled. The rules are still rules, especially issues related to our borders.
No one is allowed to put themselves in a position higher than these rules. Border policies are very important, helping Australia have the lowest mortality rate of Covid-19 in the world. We will continue to be alert. “
Djokovic does not give up
Currently, Djokovic is being “detained” in a hotel in Melbourne. According to the latest information, the Australian government delayed the decision to deport Djokovic until Monday next week, January 10.
In another development, President Serbia Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that he would do everything he could to help Djokovic play in Australia this year. Currently, he is working with the Australian Embassy in Belgrade to solve the problem. The sources also said Nole's lawyer is completing the application to appeal to his client.
Who is right? Who is wrong?
When the incident broke out, there were many mixed opinions. In particular, many people have criticized Djokovic. Most want the world's number one player to give a satisfactory explanation of the reason he has been exempted from health instead of choosing to be silent during the past few months.
However, the mistake in this incident is mostly to the Australian Organizing Committee expanded, Australian tennis as well as Victoria. The above organizations have passed Djokovic's medical exemption so that he can participate in the first Grand Slam of the year. However, this exemon application does not meet the regulations of the Australian government.
It was the contradiction in the way of working that made Djokovic fall into a bad smile. Now, the world's number one player will have to wait until Monday to know his fate. The journey to protect the throne of Australia's expansion is really arduous …
