tested positive and in the days that followed? for sure, anderson. on december 16th that was the day according to his mission in his court filings to appeal this ruling he got a pcr test showing that he was positive for the coronavirus. he was administered the test and got the result back seven hours later. djokovic says he didn t know about the result until a day later, only after he appeared at an event giving trophies to a bunch of children but he says he did know about it when he decided to conduct a photo shoot with a french newspaper. he s saying he willingly, knowingly went to an engagement while knowing he was positive without informing the journalist and photographer about this. this is raising even more criticism, obviously, of his whole handling of the pandemic and safety concerns there. wow. that s pretty stunning. what s the expectation of how immigration authorities might rule? is there any sense?
call one eight hundred, eight million in just moments we re expecting a decision on whether tennis star novack djokovic can stay in australia and play in the australian open. a government minister is considering canceling his visa, saying having covid is not proper exemption from vaccination. it also comes amid controversy he admitted he didn t immediately isolate after his positive covid test last december. ben, could you lay out some of the timeline as we know it now, namely what was djokovic doing on december 16th when he says he