Novak Djokovic ADMITS LYING in Australian Travel Declaration form, calls it a “HUMAN ERROR”
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Novak Djokovic in his latest statement admits that he and his support team made a mistake while filling out the Travel declaration forms. According to Djokovic, this was a human error and not deliberate but lying on a travel declaration can be considered to be a serious offense.
In the statement, Djokovic has also clarified all the other speculation going around about his participation in various events. According to the Serb, he was asymptomatic and was feeling good which is why he attended some of the ‘long-standing commitments.’
“This is misinformation that needs to be corrected, particularly in the interest of alleviating broader concern in the community about my presence in Australia, and to address matters which are hurtful and concerning to my family,” said Djokovic while addressing his PCR covid result.
However, in retrospect, world No.1 admitted that it was an error of judgment on his part and he should’ve rescheduled the said commitments to some other time.
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Novak Djokovic said that he tested covid positive on 16th December, however, he was pictured with kids on the very next day and at the Serbian postal office on the same day. World number 1 tried to explain this situation and said, “I want to emphasize that I have tried very hard to ensure the safety of everyone and my compliance with testing obligations. I attended a basketball game in Belgrade on 14th December after which it was reported that a number of people have tested positive with COVID-19 despite having no symptoms, I took a rapid antigen test on 16th, which was negative and out of an abundant caution took an official and approved PCR test on the same day.”
In his statement, world No.1 explains the mistake committed by him and his support staff while submitting the travel declaration. According to him ticking ‘NO’ instead of a ‘Yes’ was a human error and not at all deliberate.
He confirmed that he and his agent apologize for the administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box. Then he moved on to talk about the hard times we live in and sometimes these types of errors can occur. However, if Djokovic’s support team wouldn’t have made that particular “Human Error” he might’ve not been allowed to play in Australia.
“On the issue of travel declaration, this was submitted by my support team on my behalf – as I told immigration officials on my arrival- and my agent sincerely apologises for the administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box about my previous travel before coming to Australia. This was a human error, certainly not deliberate,” said Djokovic.
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