Reuters reports:
World tennis No. 1 and vaccine opponent Novak Djokovic blamed “human error” on Wednesday for a mistake in his Australian immigration paperwork and apologised for breaking isolation for a photoshoot when he had COVID-19 last month.
Djokovic’s cause was not helped by a mistake in his Australian entry declaration where the “no” box was ticked saying he had not travelled elsewhere in the previous two weeks. In fact, he had gone to Spain from Serbia.
Djokovic was also contrite over an interview for French newspaper L’Equipe on Dec. 18 while infected with COVID-19. “While I went home after the interview to isolate for the required period, on reflection, this was an error of judgement and I accept that I should have rescheduled this commitment.”
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic released a statement with details on why he was not in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 in December and saying his agent made a mistake in filling out his Australian travel declaration https://t.co/I4Ja2bP0UD pic.twitter.com/Pj1zi3tNmQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2022
There’s more:
On December 17th, the day *after* Djokovic’s purported positive PCR test on December 16th, Djokovic attended an award ceremony for children at the Novak Tennis Center.
Many posts from the kids there posing for pictures with him that day, again masklessly indoors. pic.twitter.com/2ecOSwA7lU
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 8, 2022
Novak Djokovic has admitted breaking COVID isolation rules and says his agent apologizes for an “administrative mistake.”
Australian officials are still considering whether to deport him. Full story ?#AusOpen https://t.co/UDSQQ5eumn
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) January 12, 2022