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Kevin Pietersen believes Novak Djokovic is owed an apology from the Australia government following a major development surrounding the AstraZeneca Covid jab.
The Anglo-Swedish producer of the vaccine withdrew global distribution of the jab on Tuesday, after admitting it can cause potentially fatal side effects.
AstraZeneca conceded last week that the vaccine, sold under the name Vaxzevria, can cause fatal blood clots and low platelet counts.
A top Australian professor has since insisted that the avoiding that particular jab caused more deaths than it saved, but former England cricket star Pietersen has taken to X - formerly known as Twitter - to bask in the latest development.
Pietersen, who stirred controversy last month after aiming a barb at London's mayor Sadiq Khan by removing an expensive watch and his wedding ring before a trip to the British capital, said Australia owed tennis superstar Djokovic an apology.
Kevin Pietersen believes Novak Djokovic is owed an apology from Australia
The tennis superstar was deported from Australia in January 2022 due to vaccine rules
Djokovic was forced to leave Australia just days before he was scheduled to walk on court as the defending Australian Open champion in January 2022 because he entered the country unvaccinated during pandemic border restrictions.
'It’s time for every single person(who criticised) and the Australian government to issue an apology to Novak Djokovic now,' Pietersen tweeted on Wednesday.
'I think that would be fitting as he went through HELL! It seems he was onto something…'
Reflecting on that turbulent episode, Djokovic told CBS last December: 'I was basically declared as a villain of the world.'
The saga began when Djokovic was granted an exemption to strict vaccination rules by two medical panels and
