He was seen in Belgrade after testing positive for coronavirus on December 16.
Tennis player Novak Djokovic probably “did not know” that he was infected with covid-19 when he interacted without a mask with the public in Serbia, his mother said in a television interview on Wednesday.
The world tennis number one, who is not vaccinated, was spotted in Belgrade after he tested positive for coronavirus on December 16. Having contracted the virus allowed him to obtain a medical exemption to enter Australia.
On December 17, the day after the positive PCR test, he attended a luncheon for the release of Serbian stamps with his image, and appeared without a mask with young tennis players in Belgrade.
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“He probably didn’t know,” his mother Dijana told Australian television channel 7.
“He did not know because when he realized that it was positive he went to isolation,” he added, after which he suggested that it would be better to consult the tennis player.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said it would be a “clear break” of the country’s sanitary rules if the tennis player was in public knowing that he was infected.
“If you are positive, you have to be isolated,” Brnabic said in an interview with the BBC.
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It was unclear when the player learned of the result, he added.
“The only one who can answer this is Novak,” he said.
Doubts also arose in Australia about a response the 34-year-old tennis player gave in his travel statement, submitted before taking the flight to Melbourne.
In the document, released by the federal court, he indicated that he had not traveled in the 14 days prior to the flight.
The document states that “giving false or misleading information is a serious offense” and can lead to your entry to Australia being barred for three years.
Djokovic told immigration agents upon arrival at Melbourne airport that his travel documents were filled out by his agent, according to a transcript released by the court.
There seems to be clear evidence that Djokovic did travel during that period.
There are photos of him in Belgrade on December 25 with Serbian handball player Petar Djordjic, who uploaded the images to his Instagram profile.
On December 31, the SotoTennis academy tweeted a video of Djokovic training in Marbella, Spain, and on January 2 his photo appeared in Diario Sur when he was playing for the Puente Romano club in that coastal town.
Djokovic arrived in Melbourne on January 5 and his visa was canceled upon arrival, leading to the legal dispute that ended with the judge’s decision reversing the cancellation.
The Australian government still has the possibility of canceling the visa again by decision of the Minister of Immigration, Alex Hawke, who has not commented on the matter.
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