Tennis player admitted to attending a face-to-face interview on December 18 in Belgrade despite knowing he had caught COVID-19.
The Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, warned that if (Novak) Djokovic skipped the mandatory fourteen-day isolation for contracting COVID-19, this would mean “a serious violation”Of the laws of the country.
The Serbian tennis player admitted to having attended a face-to-face interview on December 18 in Belgrade despite knowing that he had been infected with covid because “it was a long-standing commitment“And so as not to” look bad with the journalist. “
This goes against the legislation against the covid that Serbia had at that time, which forced those infected to keep a fourteen-day quarantine. Djokovic underwent a PCR on December 16, but assured that he did not know the result until the 17th, despite the fact that the documents of the laboratory that carried out the test revealed that reported positive just hours after being tested.
“If you are positive, you have to isolate yourself,” Brnabic said in an interview with the BBC. “I don’t know when he received the results and when he saw them. That is a gray area that only Novak can answer, “he added.
The prime minister assured that, if it is shown that the tennis player breached the rules against COVID-19, he will have to stand up to the authorities and medical bodies responsible for drafting said legislation.
Djokovic is already free in Australia and has been able to train these days in Melbourne Park, but is waiting to know the decision of the Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, which has the authority to cancel the Serbian’s visa and request his deportation again.
Brnabic said he hopes Djokovic can stay in Australia and play in the tournament, but added that do not agree with the Serb’s decision not to be vaccinated.
“What matters to me is that we support Novak but, at the same time, both for the country and for me, vaccination is very important and the only way to end this pandemic, “said the prime minister. (D)
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