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The tennis player’s lawyers claimed that he had an exemption for having been infected with COVID-19 last December.
Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke is considering expelling Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, for not being vaccinated against COVID-19 despite the judicial decision that this Monday has recognized his right to enter the country.
In a statement, a spokesperson noted that the minister is considering lthe power you have to revoke Djokovic’s visa according to article 133C (3) of the Immigration Law and that the “process is under consideration”, according to the local media that maintain that the decision will not be made at least until Tuesday.
The statement came hours after a Melbourne court ordered the release of the world’s number one, who had been held since last Thursday in a hotel in the city after the revocation of his visa for not being vaccinated against COVID-19 .
However, the tennis player’s lawyers alleged that he had an exemption for having been infected with COVID-19 last December.
Judge Anthony Kelly of the Melbourne Federal Circuit Court ordered the Australian Government to release him as soon as possible, hand over his passport and personal effects, and pay legal costs.
The court decision would allow Djokovic to participate in the Australian Open, which if he won would become his tenth title of that tournament and his twenty-first Grand Slam and thus surpass his rivals Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain.
The Australian Government requires travelers to have the complete schedule of the COVID-19 vaccine or a valid medical exemption to enter the country.
Last Saturday, Czech tennis player Renata Vorácová, who was arrested after Australian authorities canceled her visa after entering with an exemption similar to Djokovic’s, left the country.
Australia is experiencing its worst COVID wave these days and this Monday reached a million accumulated infections since the start of the pandemic, almost half of them registered since the beginning of the year due to the strong impact of the omicron variant. (D)
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