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Djokovic attended a public event in Belgrade after testing positive for covid

The controversy continues to surround him tennis player number one in the world. Serbi Novak Djokovic attended a ceremony with young players without a mask a Belgrad one day after testing positive for covid-19 on December 16, according to a publication from the local tennis federation. In a statement issued on December 17, the Belgrade Tennis Federation announced on its Facebook page that “the best tennis player on the planet” and “holder of 20 Grand Slam titles” he handed out cups and diplomas to young Serbs awarded the 2021 season.

“Only the award-winning children attended the delivery of the cups at the Novak Tennis Center in Dorcol (Belgrade), due to the health measures related to the coronavirus pandemic“The statement said. The publication includes several photos of Djokovic posing with federation officials and about twenty teenagers. None of them wear protective masks.

On the eve of this ceremony with the promising young Serbs, when according to his lawyers he tested positive, Djokovic took part in another public event: the presentation of a stamp with its image. The tennis player posted a photo of the event on Instagram. This latest information adds to the controversy experienced by the player when he was preparing to participate in the Australian Open, a Djokovic who has made public on several occasions his opposition to vaccines.

The tennis player traveled to Melbourne in the middle of last week after getting one medical exemption to enter Australia, an exemption that would have been granted to him for having passed the covid that he contracted in December, according to his lawyers. But the his visa was revoked upon arrival at the airport and since then it has been detained in a hotel which makes of migrant detention center in Melbourne, known for its poor condition. The Serb will have to wait there until at least Monday, when Australian courts will begin dealing with his case.

Her case has aroused one huge outrage in Australia, one of the countries that has applied the most restrictive measures to try to contain the expansion of the pandemic. Last Wednesday, Australian border officials justified the cancellation of his visa by saying that Djokovic “did not present the proper evidence” to enter Melbourne airport, as according to these same sources, having passed the covid is not a valid reason to enter the country without being vaccinated.

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