SYDNEY, Jan 16 (Reuters) – An Australian court on Sunday upheld a government decision to revoke Novak Djokovic’s visa, dashing the tennis champion’s hopes of winning the Australian Open and not being vaccinated against coronavirus. garner a record number of 21 Grand Slam tournaments.
A team of three Federal Court judges have sided with arguments from government lawyers that the Serbian player’s presence on Australian soil risked fueling opposition to vaccination in the country, which is facing the worst wave of Covid-19 that he has experienced since the start of the pandemic.
The medical exemption that allowed the world number one to enter Australia without being vaccinated has caused an outcry in Australia for the past week, becoming a political issue for Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the run-up to the federal election he is expected to organize. here next May. (Renju Jose, Gilles Guillaume for the French version)