The Australian authorities require to have received the vaccine to grant the visa to access the country.
The Australian authorities will not make exceptions with athletes regarding the strict rules against Covid-19, so tennis players who are not vaccinated could be left without a visa to play the Australian Open next January. This was stated by the head of the government of the state of Victoria, Dan Andrews, whose words put into question the participation of the world’s number one, Novak Djokovic.
“I don’t think a tennis player without a vaccine will get a visa to enter this country,” Andrews warned. “The virus does not care what your ranking is in world tennis or how many Grand Slam you have won,” he added. “And if they get the visa, they will probably have to do a couple of weeks of quarantine, which other players will not have to do,” he said.
Djokovic, a champion nine times in Australia, including the last three editions, has publicly expressed his opposition to vaccines and has refused to say whether he is vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The same regulations will apply to the Australian Formula 1 GP, which will be held on April 10, 2022. Andrews also indicated that anyone who intends to attend the event must also be vaccinated. “The Grand Prix is in April, I don’t think there will be crowds at the Grand Prix of people who do not have the two doses” of vaccines, he added.
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