“The Australian Border Force has advised that people must be fully vaccinated, as defined by ATAGI (the national advisory body on vaccines) to gain quarantine-free entry into Australia,” he wrote.
“In relation to your specific questions, I can confirm that people who contracted Covid-19 within the past six months and seek to enter Australia from overseas, and have not received two doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration-approved or recognised vaccine are not considered fully vaccinated.”
It contrast’s Tennis Australia’s statement from Tuesday which says that anonymous applications were first reviewed by an expert panel of doctors appointed by the organisation in an independent process, with only those meeting the ATAGI’s national guidelines going on to a second review for approval, once again in line with the guidelines.
“Applications that met the national guidelines set by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) were then subjected to a second review conducted by a Government-appointed panel of medical experts, the Independent Medical Exemption Review Panel,” they said.
Meanwhile, Djokovic will learn of his fate on Monday morning after his lawyers appealed to have his visa cancellation overturned.
The 20-time Major champion is now staying in Melbourne’s Park Hotel in quarantine as he awaits the resumption of the hearing, set to conclude at 10am on Monday.
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