to play by tennis australia because, very close to the wire, he d tested positive for covid 19. his legal team presented two covid test certificates to the court from the serbian institute of public health. the first, allegedly taken on december 16, shows a positive result. the second, processed from a different lab six days later, shows a negative one. but a couple of weeks ago, a german research company wondered why the unique confirmation code on the early test was higher than the later one. usually, they re generated in chronological order. the bbc has delved deeper. a total of 56 test certificates were collected and their unique confirmation codes plotted against the date of each result. in all cases, the earlier the result, the lower the unique code. all except one novak djokovic s positive test on december 16. according to the bbc s graph, this confirmation code would actually suggest a test some time between the 25th
certificates to a federal court in australia. the first, shown to be taken on december 16th, shows a positive result. the second, taken six days later, shows a negative result. a german research company questioned why the unique confirmation code on the earlier test was higher than the later one. the bbc has investigated if codes on tests done in serbia are generated in a chronological order. a total of 56 test certificates were collected, and their unique confirmation codes plotted against the date of each result. in all cases studied, the earlier the result, the lower the unique code for the corresponding test. the only outlier of the codes plotted was novak djokovic s positive test on december 16th. according to the bbc s graph, this confirmation code would suggest a test sometime between the 25th
in a chronological order. a total of 56 test certificates were collected, and their unique confirmation codes plotted against the date of each result. in all cases studied, the earlier the result, the lower the unique code for the corresponding test. the only outlier of the codes plotted was novak djokovic s positive test on december 16th. according to the bbc s graph, this confirmation code would suggest a test sometime between the 25th and december 28th. one data specialist said, there is always the possibility for a glitch, but if this was the case, i don t know why the authorities would not say that. to try and explain this discrepancy, the bbc has approached novak djokovic s team, serbia s institute of public health, and its office of information technology, but has yet to have a response.
according to the bbc s graph, this confirmation code would actually suggest a test some time between the 25th and december 28th. djokovic travelled to australia on january 4th. how likely is it that that is a glitch in the system? it s not likely, but we don t know all the aspects, and it s possible that there is some other explanation. so, i really hope the public institutions will provide transparency and clarify all this. so far, djokovic, the serbian institute of public health, and its office of information technology have not responded to bbc requests for comment. i think everyone s polarised at the moment on novak djokovic, which will be hurtful to him, but it won t do his reputation any good if it s found out that he s been telling porky pies. rafael nadal will contest the australian open final on sunday locked on 20 grand slams with the serbian,
the result, the lower the unique code. all except one novak djokovic s positive test on december 16th. according to the bbc s graph, this confirmation code would actually suggest a test some time between the 25th and december 28th. djokovic travelled to australia on january 4th. how likely is it that that is a glitch in the system? it s not likely, but we don t know all the aspects, and it s possible that there is some other explanation. so, i really hope the public institutions will provide transparency and clarify all this. so far, djokovic, the serbian institute of public health, and its office of information technology have not responded to bbc requests for comment. i think everyone s polarised at the moment on novak djokovic, which will be hurtful to him, but it won t do his reputation any good if it s found out that