Novak Djokovic: fury in Australia over the exemption from vaccinating the Serbian tennis player to participate in the Open

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Many Australians have been angered by the news that Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will play the Australian Open following receiving an exemption from vaccination regulations.

All tournament players and staff must be vaccinated once morest COVID-19 or receive a waiver from an independent panel of experts.

The organizers maintain that the current champion of the competition received no special treatment.

But Australians, some of whom are still unable to travel between states or internationally, criticized authorities, politicians and Djokovic himself.

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