Kanye West as Djokovic: no tour in Australia without vaccine

After tennis number one Novak Djokovic, Australia stops hip hop star

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If he wants to tour the country, he must prove that he is fully vaccinated against Covid.

"The rules apply to everyone. It doesn't matter who you are, they are the rules. If you follow them you can come, otherwise you can't," said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Kim Kardashian's ex-husband and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate plans to perform in Australia in March.

In a 2021 interview available on social media, West claims he received a dose of the vaccine, but previously compared vaccination to "branding of beasts."

Australia, one of the countries with the highest vaccination rate, is battling the Omicron variant with around two million cases in one month.

Previously, it had only registered 400,000 cases since the start of the pandemic thanks to a zero tolerance policy, with rigid lockdowns and almost completely closed borders.