Australian tennis participant Alex de Minaur has denied wrongdoing after being linked to a Spanish police investigation of individuals suspected of paying for false COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
Spanish media reported that De Minaur is amongst 2,200 people who the National Police say are beneath investigation for having paid a prison ring for solid certificates.
“I want to make it 100% clear that I received my second shot, that I have a completely valid, accurate and true vaccination record,” the 23-year-old De Minaur, whose mom is Spanish, wrote Thursday night on Twitter.
National Police wouldn’t verify his identify or some other people when requested by The Associated Press.
De Minaur stated that he acquired his first vaccination in London final yr earlier than getting his second shot at Madrid’s La Paz Hospital.
The Thirty second-ranked tennis participant stated in his assertion that “the (La Paz) hospital is under investigation for providing falsified COVID certificates to some of its patients.” Police, nevertheless, stated that the hospital will not be beneath investigation, however somewhat the community behind the ring and its alleged purchasers.
On Tuesday, police stated that they had arrested 4 extra people, along with the seven arrested in January, suspected of belonging to the ring. The ring allegedly recruited well being employees to enter the names of its purchasers into Spain’s vaccination registry illicitly, permitting them to obtain a vaccination certificates with out having been administered photographs. The ring discovered purchasers through messaging teams in style amongst anti-vaccine teams, in keeping with police.
Spanish police stated in January that that they had found the leaders of the ring working from France and had knowledgeable French police of their identities.
The investigation is ongoing.
De Minaur performed within the Australian Open final month, dropping within the fourth spherical to Jannik Sinner. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia earlier than the event after dropping a bid to remain within the nation regardless of not being vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
