{"id":1191735,"date":"2022-01-05T17:50:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T22:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191735"},"modified":"2022-01-05T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T22:50:50","slug":"australia-threatens-to-deport-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic-after-pro-vax-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-threatens-to-deport-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic-after-pro-vax-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Threatens to Deport Unvaccinated Tennis Star Novak Djokovic After Pro-Vax Uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-threatens-to-deport-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic-after-pro-vax-uproar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews threatened to use Border Patrol to deport tennis champion Novak Djokovic on Wednesday following outrage from Chinese coronavirus vaccine enthusiasts condemning the presumably unvaccinated Djokovic for receiving an exemption to the country\u2019s mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is the reigning Australian Open champion and has won the tournament more than any other player in history. The Serbian is also currently the top-ranked tennis player in the world and holds more Grand Slam titles, with 20 championships to his name, than all but two other men: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Djokovic has vocally opposed coronavirus vaccines and lockdown measures, notoriously attempting to host a tennis tournament in mid-2020 that abruptly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/29427688\/djokovic-claims-was-subject-witch-hunt-adria-tour-fiasco\">ended<\/a> when many people involved, including Djokovic himself, tested positive for Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Australian federal officials have imposed a mandate for foreigners to either show proof of vaccination or that they fit into one of a small number of medical exemption categories that prevent them form being vaccinated to enter the country. Australians have endured some of the most authoritarian alleged anti-coronavirus measures in the world, including the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/24\/delingpole-australian-army-puts-covid-19-close-contacts-into-quarantine-camps\/\">camps<\/a> to corral suspected coronavirus patients and military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/troops-to-enforce-sydney-lockdown-as-brisbane-extends-virus-curbs\/\">deployment<\/a> to enforce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/08\/12\/coronavirus-australia-locks-down-431000-people-in-capital-over-4-cases\/\">lockdowns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rigid rules prompted speculation that Djokovic, who had maintained his vaccination status private for months, would skip the tournament to avoid the vaccine. The player\u2019s father, Srdjan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/29\/father-novak-djokovic-probably-wont-play-australian-open-vaccine-blackmail\/\">called<\/a> the vaccine mandate \u201cblackmail\u201d on Serbian television last year and asserted that his son would \u201cprobably not\u201d play the tournament. Tournament officials, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/12\/10\/australia-pm-steps-in-as-officials-bicker-over-vaccine-mandate-for-tennis-star-novak-djokovic\/\">used<\/a> Djokovic\u2019s presence there to advertise the event even as regional and federal officials, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/12\/10\/australia-pm-steps-in-as-officials-bicker-over-vaccine-mandate-for-tennis-star-novak-djokovic\/\">insisted<\/a> Djokovic would have to abide by the vaccine mandate if he wanted to enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Djokovic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/04\/australia-caves-grants-tennis-champion-novak-djokovic-vaccine-mandate-exemption\/\">posted<\/a> a message on his social media outlets announcing he would be heading to Australia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent fantastic quality time with my loved ones over the break and today I\u2019m heading Down Under with an exemption permission. Let\u2019s go 2022 !!\u201d Djokovic wrote. He did not specify if his exemption was medical, meaning doctors<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYTe9fer_1K\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Home Affairs minister issued a statement following Djokovic\u2019s revelation suggesting the federal government may deport him if he lands on Australian soil regardless of the exemption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAny individual seeking to enter Australia must comply with our strict border requirements,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIf an arriving individual is not vaccinated, they must provide acceptable proof that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons to be able to access the same travel arrangement as fully vaccinated travellers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAustralian Border Force will continue to ensure that those who arrive at our border comply with our strict border requirements,\u201d the statement warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">As of Thursday morning Australia time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/novak-djokovic-granted-medical-exemption-to-play-in-australian-open-dx6gss525?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1641393397\">reports<\/a> began surfacing that Australian officials are trying to block Djokovic from entering the country because his team filled out the wrong visa form.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe 20-times grand-slam champion landed in Melbourne this afternoon \u2026 But Djokovic is unable to proceed through passport control after a member of his support team made a critical mistake in requesting a sub-class of visa that does not apply to those who have received medical exemptions from a [Chinese coronavirus] vaccine,\u201d the U.K.&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-could-be-turned-away-by-border-force-home-affairs-minister-karen-andrews-warns-c-5193733\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s The Age <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/visa-bungle-delays-novak-djokovic-s-entry-into-australia-20220105-p59m75.html?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1641387869-1\">added<\/a> to the reports with an anonymous Australian government source commentary, claiming that the government believed \u201cthere were question marks about whether Djokovic had adequate documentation to prove the reason for his exemption.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe source said it was not clear whether a [Chinese coronavirus] infection in the past six months \u2013 which is suspected to be the justification for the player\u2019s exemption \u2013 was sufficient to secure entry into Australia under federal guidelines,\u201d The Age reported.<\/p>\n<p>Having tested positive for Chinese coronavirus in the past six months is one of a short list of exemptions to the vaccine requirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at an Australian group of people applying for medical exemption, the vast majority are recent [Chinese coronavirus],\u201d Tennis Australia\u2019s chief medical officer Carolyn Broderick <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-could-be-turned-away-by-border-force-home-affairs-minister-karen-andrews-warns-c-5193733\">said<\/a> on Wednesday, suggesting this to be the most likely scenario. Other reasons for exemptions including proven allergic reactions to ingredients in coronavirus vaccines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19368698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1233847148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19368698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1233847148-1024x690-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Serbia\u2019s Novak Djokovic put on his face covering as he leaves the Aorangi Practice Courts on the ninth day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 7, 2021. (AELTC\/DAVID GRAY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Djokovic tested positive for coronavirus in 2020 amid his Adria Tour collapsing, but currently circulating variants, like the omicron variant potentially originating in Europe, have been known to thwart both natural and vaccine-induced antibodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Vaccine enthusiasts on social media erupted in outrage on Tuesday in response to Djokovic\u2019s social media post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cVaccination shows respect,\u201d one prominent social media health worker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SParnis\/status\/1478314179563966465\">railed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a disgrace!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/jan\/05\/appalling-message-outrage-over-novak-djokovics-medical-exemption-to-play-australian-open\">said<\/a> another Twitter user, a leader in the local left-wing Liberal Party.<\/p>\n<p>The state employment minister for the government of Victoria, where the tournament is being held, called the exemption announcement \u201cfrustrating and upsetting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic has repeatedly advocated for vaccination being a personal choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter whether it\u2019s vaccination or anything else in life,\u201d Djokovic&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/tennis\/news-djokovic-surprised-kyrgios-support-australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>&nbsp;at a press conference in November. \u201cYou should have the freedom to choose, to decide what you want to do. In this particular case, what you want to put in your body. I have been always a proponent of that and always a supporter of freedom of choice, and I will be always supporting that because freedom is essential for I\u2019d say a happy and prosperous life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641384383116000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3plgjV19R-RDoJd0M_IYOp\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641384383116000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2eMohb3jMGaEXCtnfYArj7\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews threatened to use Border Patrol to deport tennis champion Novak Djokovic on Wednesday following outrage from Chinese coronavirus vaccine enthusiasts condemning the presumably unvaccinated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}