home later. tanks very much. —— thanks very much. the tennis mens world number one — novak djokovic — has received a medical exemption to enter australia, bypassing the strict rules that only allow vaccinated people to enter the country. the exemption means that djokovic — who has been critical of mandatory vacinations — can now compete in the australian open. on tuesday he tweeted this picture on the airport tarmac, bags packed. with the caption "happy new year... "today i'm heading down under with an exemption permission. let's go 2022!" so how has djokovic, an elite athlete, received a medical exemption? the list of conditions isn't a long one. in australia you can be deemed medically exempt if you suffer from an inflammed cardiac illness or an acute medical condition. —— from an inflamed cardiac illness or an acute medical condition. if you had any potentially fatal reactions to an earlier vaccine dose. djokovic has never declared his vaccine status publically.