New court documents published on Saturday by Australia's Federal Circuit revealed that Novak Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 in December 2021. “Mr Djokovic had received, on 30 December 2021, a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Tennis Australia recording that he had been provided with a 'medical exemption from COVID vaccination' on the grounds that he had recently recovered from COVID," the document said. Djokovic's first Covid-positive PCR test was recorded on Dec. 16, 2021, and after not showing signs of a fever or "respiratory symptoms," he applied for a medical exemption to compete in the Australian Open, according to the document. Novak Djokovic was granted a medical exemption by Tennis Australia to compete in the Australian Open unvaccinated “on the grounds that he had recently recovered from COVID,” his lawyers said in a court submission Saturday. The documents, which have been submitted to the court ahead of Djokovic’s hearing Monday, confirmed the men’s tennis No.1 was unvaccinated when he arrived in Australia on Jan. 5.

Source: CNN January 09, 2022 06:20 UTC