medically exempt from having to get a vaccination. the victorian at a time government says he s medically exempt from having to quarantine for 14 days. the federal government has said, that s not good enough to get into the country, christie. and how is all of this playing out among australians? melbourne, this is a city that s seen a lot. it s been through hundreds of days of lockdowns and has a very high vaccination rate. how does the ordinary australian citizen feel about djokovic and his appeal? kristie, right now is a time of extreme anxiety about covid-19 here in the community. here where i am in sydney, as well as in melbourne. tens of thousands of cases a day. the omicron variant fueling a new wave of covid-19. hospitalizations are at record highs. icu admission are at record highs. the relief is that we have that high vaccination rate. we re not seeing the same level of damage on a personal level for people that have been infected as was done by the