minister announcing in a statement this morning his decision to cancel the visa held by djokovic on the basis that it was in the public s interest to do so. the country s strict border rules require all non-australian arrivals must be vaccinated to enter the country. djokovic s lawyers are expected to appeal in court as they successfully did the first time when the visa was canceled when djokovic arrived in australia last week and claimed a medical exemming that was rejected by border officials. he may apply for an australian visa for three years. that would take away his chance to play in the grand slam for quite some time. he admitted he gave a false statement on his travel form in order to get into the country and failed to immediately isolate after testing position active for covid in serbia last month, adding scrutiny to serbian officials and social media.
here in the u.s. are counterfeit. to know if yours is real, the national institute for occupational safety and health says look for distinct markings like an approval number, model number, and the institute s name or logo. important to look out for that information. phil lipof, back with us in new york city where officials are seeing encouraging signs new cases dropping 15% citywide. phil, there s also a new rule taking effect today to make those at-home rapid tests reimbursable. reporter: right, whit. starting today, private health insurance plans are required to cover up to eight at-home tests per person. that means a family of five could be reimbursed up to 40 tests per month, though insurers tell us it could be a while before that system is up and running. whit? all right, phil, thanks. be sure to watch this week tomorrow morning. martha raddatz goes one-on-one with surgeon general vivek murthy. we move on to australia, where a high court is deciding as early as tonight
anti-vaxxers. it was their final volley in a drawn-out grudge match that saw him detained by immigration authorities twice in a matter of weeks. djokovic has been widely criticized for remaining unvaccinated and for breaking self-isolation in serbia. after testing positive in december, he attended a photo shoot in person. but here in belgrade, the tennis star doesn t afear have lost any fans. nor has he been labeled an anti-vaxxer. translator: everybody has their own thing. i don t think he s spreading anything. neither vaccination nor nonvaccination. it s his choice and nobody should be forced. i myself am vaccinated but no one should be forced. reporter: tennis fans in melbourne welcomed the end of the visa saga that s overshadowed the actual tennis. it was dragged on a little too long but it s great we put that behind us. reporter: djokovic has officially lost the chance to
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ben wright at westminster. this is bbc news. our main headline: novak djokovic s legal team try to stop his deportion from australia, after his visa is cancelled again. lawyers for virginia giuffre, who s accused the duke of york of sexual abuse, are calling for two people based in the uk to give evidence in her civil case, including his former equerry. prince andrew denies all the allegations. our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, joins us now. who else are they asking? one ofthe who else are they asking? one of the peeple who else are they asking? one of the people they who else are they asking? que: of the people they are who else are they asking? iez of the people they are asking testimony from is a woman called shukri walker, she claims to have seen prince andrew at a nightclub in 2001