very light. what s more, sbrvery interestin about that date, the 16th of december, that positive pcr test, he had an event, his organization had him on stage maskless addressing an audience. the next day, he had two more events, which he s also seen maskless, not social distancing, and of course, we know, not vaccinated. so arriving in australia, not vaccinated, the government said that that s not good enough. you need to have two shots to get in. they ve tossed him into this immigration detention facility. he ll remain there until monday. quite extraordinary. the number one tennis player for men in the world, it s taken a lot of twists and turns. reporter: novak djokovic s quest to win his tenth australian open title may no longer lay in his hands. instead, the men s number one tennis player waits for an australian court to decide whether he can participate. djokovic is trying to enter the country to contest the title without having had a covid-19
timing, we haven t heard from him. i should say that about his positive covid test. that s what s being put in the court reports and in his lawyer s case, the 16th of december. and then these pictures have come out subsequently. did he know he was positive by then or had he taken a test and not yet tested positive? i don t know that. but it s not going down well to be quite honest, no. and do you think djokovic is aware of the gravity of the situation right now? we know that he s in quarantine at a hotel in melbourne. he is stuck there as he awaiting his hearing on monday. he s in limbo. he s stuck in the room. he can t train. hoye would you describe his head space right now? from what i m hearing, and i can only go on reports i ve heard from messages that the journalists from serbia in particular have been able to communicate to us and his family as well, he was in shock, i think, when he arrived a to the border, he thought he had what he needed. he d been told that he had an
chan, the accountant who was the first known case, was not in fact showing symptoms under the eighth of december by the 16th of december which means mrs white, a seafood vendor was in fact patient zero. is that what you have found? i would not say cheese what you have found? i would not say cheese patient - what you have found? i would not say cheese patient zero, i not say cheese patient zero, she is the first known patient. 0nly she is the first known patient. only about 7% of people who get the virus and up in the hospital and she is one of those. ., hospital and she is one of those. . i. hospital and she is one of those. ., , ., ., ~ hospital and she is one of those. ., ., ~ ., those. how did you work that out? i had those. how did you work that out? i had known those. how did you work that out? i had known about- those. how did you work that out? i had known about a - out? i had known about a discrepancy out? i had known about a discrepancy between - out? i had known abou
people say the local government took their land, sold it to developers and kept the money. residents say food and supplies are running low and they fear police might storm the village. u.s. military officials now admit its u.n.-man droned was looking for suspected nuclear sites in iran. one official says it was on a cia mission, tehran put the aircraft on display after it was brought down recently on iranian soil. prolific writer and social critic christopher hitchens has died. he often skewed the elite in his writings. his 17 books took aim at everything from the cancer that ravaged his body to waterboarding to religion. christopher hitchens was 62 years old. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. i m of did does have. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. good morning, i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. in hong kong, i m manisha tank. this is world business today, the top stories on friday, the 16th of decembe