A sensitive subject in tennis as in many other sports, vaccination against Covid was the subject of a letter from the ATP to players, as reported by
L'Equipe
this Saturday.
If it cannot of course impose it, the association of players is clearly doing everything to encourage skeptics to go through it.
"ATP has and will continue to strongly recommend vaccination to gamers, based primarily on scientific evidence supporting health benefits," the letter wrote.
While we respect that each player has an individual choice to make, we also believe that each player has a role to play in helping the larger group achieve a safe level of immunity.
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Vaccine compulsory for the Australian Open?
The association estimates that around 70% of players are now vaccinated.
In her letter, she lists the advantages they enjoy over others, for example the fact of not being considered as a contact case, of having your isolation costs covered, or of being entitled to compensation. in the event of withdrawal from a tournament due to a positive test.
The question will be at the heart of the debates from the start of next season, since it will certainly be necessary to be vaccinated to play the Australian Open.
A few months ago, Novak Djokovic declared himself against compulsory vaccination, refusing to say what decision he had taken himself.
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