Novak Djokovic (34) tested positive for corona on December 16. The next day, he handed out prizes at the local tennis association, but mother Dijana does not think her son may have been aware of the positive test.
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The controversial image from the award ceremony was the topic of the press conference for the Djokovic family on Monday, a press conference that was abruptly concluded when the question of why Djokovic had not isolated himself after the positive test came.
During Monday’s hearing, which ended with Djokovic being released from the quarantine hotel, it was revealed that Djokovic tested himself in the early afternoon of December 16 and that the result which showed a positive test was clear later in the evening the same day. When the tennis star actually became aware of the positive test, however, is not clear.
The world number one’s mother, Dijana Djokovic, was on Wednesday morning, Australian time, with the TV show Sunrise on Channel 7.
According to her The Age asked about the picture with the local tennis association.
– He probably did not know. He did not know, because when he realized it (that he had tested positive), he isolated himself, says his mother, and at the same time adds that it is best to ask Novak Djokovic himself.
–Mamma Djokovic says she is “very worried” that her son will be expelled from Australia. After Djokovic emerged victorious from Monday’s hearing, it is now up to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke. He has the opportunity to send the Serb out of the country.
– I read in the newspapers that it is still possible that he can be deported. I’m very worried, says Dijana Djokovic.
– We all pray that he stays and gets to play. Do not throw him out – he is a tennis player. He is not a politician, he is not a criminal and he is not a murderer, says mother Djokovic.
The Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, has in an interview with BBC be aware that it would be a violation of the Serbian rules if Djokovic has participated in the award ceremony with the knowledge that he had passed a positive PCR test.
– I do not know when he actually got the result and when he saw the result, so it is a gray area. The only one who can answer this is Novak, says Brnabic.
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