Ua haʻalele maoli ʻo ia mai ka huki ʻana no ka BNP Paribas Open ma Indian Wells, ua ʻōlelo nā luna hoʻokūkū i ka Lāpule, kahi hōʻailona o ka noi ʻana o ka honua No. Covid-19 olaʻo ua hāʻule paha ka waiver e komo i ka US.
ʻAhahui Huakaʻi ʻAmelika Ua hoʻopuka ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Geoff Freeman i kēia ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka haʻalele ʻana o ka poʻokela tennis ʻo Novak Djokovic mai ke komo ʻana i kahi hoʻokūkū US e hiki mai ana:
"ʻO ke kulekele lapaʻau kahiko o ʻAmelika no ka poʻe malihini kipa honua he hewa hewa ʻole ia e hāʻawi ana i kahi poho o $ 80 biliona i ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi haole."
"ʻO Novak Djokovic wale nō kekahi o nā miliona i kāohi ʻia mai ka kipa ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma muli o kahi kulekele i manaʻo maikaʻi ʻia akā kahiko. Ua hala loa ka manawa no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hui pū me kāna mau hoa ma ʻEulopa, Australia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe a wehe i nā koi maʻi maʻi maʻi no kā mākou huakaʻi hele.
Ua paʻa ʻo Djokovic i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe no kahi moʻolelo he 379 mau pule, e hoʻopau ana i ka helu helu 1 a Open Era i ʻehiku mau manawa. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo ia i ka COVID-19 a ua noi ʻo ia i ke aupuni US i ka mahina i hala no ka ʻae kūikawā e pāʻani i nā hanana ATP Masters ma Indian Wells a me Miami.
Hoʻomaka ka pāʻani ma ka hui hui ATP-WTA i ka Pōʻakolu ma Indian Wells Tennis Garden a holo i ka lā Malaki 19. ʻO ka huki ʻana ʻo ka Pōʻakahi. Ke hoʻopau nei ʻo ʻAmelika i kāna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha COVID-19 i ka lā 11 Mei, e ʻae ai i nā huakaʻi mokulele ʻē aʻe e komo i ka ʻāina me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana.
ʻOiai ʻo Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., A me ko Florida Senator Marco Rubio e kākau ana i kahi leka i ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika ʻo Joe Biden e koi ana iā ia e hāʻawi i ka noi, ua hōʻole ʻo Homeland Security i ka noi hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Djokovic. ʻIke ʻia he ʻelua mahina ma mua o ʻAmelika e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It is well past time for the United States to join with its peers in Europe, Australia and elsewhere and remove pandemic vaccine requirements for our inbound travelers.
- Travel Association President and CEO Geoff Freeman issued the following statement on news of the withdrawal of tennis champion Novak Djokovic from participating in an upcoming U.
- “America's outdated vaccine policy for international visitors is an unforced error that is contributing to an $80 billion loss in foreign traveler spending.
