Tennis megastar Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted meeting a intelligencer when he knew he’d Covid-19, describing it as an” error of judgement”. Djokovic also conceded he submitted a false protestation to the Australian government about his trip history between flying to Melbourne, though he criticized it on his agent. The commentary were in a statement posted to Instagram aimed at addressing the difficulties girding his sweats to play at the Australian Open while being unvaccinated.
Despite the admissions, Djokovic claimed other reports about him appearing in public following his positive test for Covid-19 as”misinformation”.
He said the reports of his public appearances after his claimed infection were” veritably hurtful”to his family.
The 34- time-old world number one entered Australia last week with a vaccine impunity due to a positive test for Covid-19 on December 16.
Novak Djokovic Admits Meeting Journalist When He Had CovidDjokovic says media interview after positive Covid test” error of judgement”statementAgence France-PresseUpdated January 12, 2022 0918 AM ISTRead Time4 min
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Novak Djokovic Admits Meeting Journalist When He Had Covid
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Tennis megastar Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted meeting a intelligencer when he knew he’d Covid-19, describing it as an” error of judgement”. Djokovic also conceded he submitted a false protestation to the Australian government about his trip history between flying to Melbourne, though he criticized it on his agent. The commentary were in a statement posted to Instagram aimed at addressing the difficulties girding his sweats to play at the Australian Open while being unvaccinated.
Despite the admissions, Djokovic claimed other reports about him appearing in public following his positive test for Covid-19 as”misinformation”.
He said the reports of his public appearances after his claimed infection were” veritably hurtful”to his family.
The 34- time-old world number one entered Australia last week with a vaccine impunity due to a positive test for Covid-19 on December 16.
The following day, still, he appeared without a mask at the launch of a Serbian stamp bearing his image and at an event in Belgrade for youthful tennis players.
Djokovic said he only entered the positive results of the PCR test for Covid-19 infection on December 17, after the youth tennis event.
He made no citation of the stamp form.
The player said he’d a negative rapid-fire antigen test on December 16 and also had the PCR test out of an” cornucopia of caution”.
The following day, he took a alternate rapid-fire antigen test, which was also negative, before going to the children’s tennis event.
“I was asymptomatic and felt good, and I hadn’t entered the announcement of a positive PCR test until after that event,”he said.
But Djokovic admitted that he also went ahead with an interview and photoshoot with French sports reviewL’Equipe on December 1.
“I felt obliged to go ahead and conduct theL’Equipe interview as I did not want to let the intelligencer down, but did insure I socially receded and wore a mask except when my snap was being taken,”he said.
“On reflection, this was an error of judgement and I accept that I should have tallied this commitment.”
Australian media have also concentrated heavily on the delicacy of Djokovic’s trip protestation, reportedly filled out before he flew in from Spain.
A dupe of his protestation showed a crack in the box to confirm he hadn’t and would not travel in the 14 days before landing in Australia on January 5.
But the player had reportedly been in Serbia before Spain.
“On the issue of my trip protestation, this was submitted by my support platoon on my behalf,”Djokovic said on Instagram.
“My agent unfeignedly apologises for the executive mistake in ticking the incorrect box about my former trip before coming to Australia.
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“This was a mortal error and clearly not deliberate.”