By AFP
PRAGUE: An anti-vax Czech people singer has died after she intentionally contracted COVID to acquire a well being go that may have allowed her to go to the sauna and theatre, her household stated. Proof of vaccination or a current an infection is required to entry cultural and sports activities services in addition to for journey and for visiting bars and eating places within the EU member state, which is dealing with a hovering COVID rely.
Hana Horka, who was the vocalist for the band Asonance, died on Sunday on the age of 57, in keeping with her son Jan Rek. She voluntarily uncovered herself to the virus when her husband and son, each vaccinated, caught it earlier than Christmas, Rek informed public radio iRozhlas.cz. “She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated,” he stated on Monday.
Two days earlier than her loss of life, Horka took to social media to say: “I survived… It was intense.” “So now there will be the theatre, sauna, a concert… and an urgent trip to the sea,” she added. Rek blamed the loss of life on an area anti-vax motion, saying its leaders had satisfied his mom in opposition to vaccination and thus had “blood on their hands”.
“I know exactly who influenced her… It makes me sad that she believed strangers more than her proper family. It wasn’t just total disinformation but also views on natural immunity and antibodies acquired through infection,” Rek stated.
The nation of 10.7 million individuals introduced greater than 20,000 new COVID infections on Tuesday.