The tennis star was allowed to enter Australia because he contracted the virus in December, according to court documents.
The documents say that the Exemption Certificate had been provided by an Independent Expert Medical Review panel commissioned by Tennis Australia, which was later endorsed by an independent Medical Exemptions Review Panel of the Victorian State Government.
On January 1, Djokovic also received a document from the Department of Home Affairs to confirm that his Australia Travel Declaration"[had] been assessed," and that"[his] responses indicate[d] that [he met] the requirements for a quarantine-free arrival into Australia where permitted by the jurisdiction of your arrival."Djokovic was stopped by border officials on Wednesday
Djokovic also accuses the Australian government of forcing him to accept the decision to cancel his visa without speaking to his lawyers and without the chance to rest following a 25 hour flight. The vaccine exemption debacle has caused outcry in Australia and rallies of support for Djokovic in his home nation of Serbia.
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