Why did Djokoviæ meet with people despite being infected? Immediate response from the family

There is a storm around Novak Djokovic. On Monday, an Australian court overturned the central government’s decision to cancel a Serbian tennis player’s visa. Djoković left the special immigration hotel where he had been staying for several days and went to training.

Djoković claims to have had an illness

Following the court hearing, a transcript was released which showed that Djoković confessed that he was not vaccinated and that he entered Australia on the basis of a past six months’ illness. The tennis player claims that on December 16 he tested positive for coronavirus, and on December 22 he was already negative. This was to be the rationale for granting him “medical exception” status, which exempted him from the requirement to be vaccinated prior to the Australian Open.

Inconvenient question

On Monday afternoon, Polish time, members of his family called a special press conference. One of the questions concerned a positive test result. – Yes, that’s right, Novak tested positive on December 16. The whole process should be public, everything is legal – explained the brother of the leader of the ATP ranking. – Did Novak take part in several events on December 17? the journalist inquired. “We’re ending the conference,” he heard in reply. Indeed, the meeting with the media is over.

Djokovic’s family refused to answer the uncomfortable question. The media reported that the tennis champion attended many meetings on December 17-18. He participated, inter alia, in a photo shoot for the magazine “L’Equipe”, he spoke at a meeting of his foundation, and at a ceremony of the tennis association in Belgrade, he hugged children. He was there without his mask everywhere, even though he knew he was tested positive for COVID-19.

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Questions about the test result

If the test result was positive, because the case was dealt with by the New York Times journalist, Ben Rothenberg. – Djokovic’s December 16 positive result (confirmation code 7371999-259039) includes a QR code. When we scan this QR code, it will take us to a website showing that the test was negative, not positive, Rothenberg wrote. A few moments later he added, “I tried again and this time it’s positive. Who’s spoiling this page?” the American asked.

Initially, he was supposed to attend the Monday press conference. Ultimately, however, there was no remote connection to the tennis player. Is it to avoid questions about a positive test result and about its activity after receiving the result? Did he actually break the quarantine rules?

The Serb, in return, issued a statement on the Australian Open. – I want to stay and try to compete –