Hana Horka, the lead singer of the band Asonance, died at the age of 57
A Czech folk singer against vax has died after she deliberately contracted Covid to get a health pass that allowed her to visit the sauna and theatre, her family said.
Evidence of vaccination or a recent infection is required to access cultural and sports facilities, as well as travel and visit bars and restaurants in the EU member state, which is facing a rising Covid count.
Hana Horka, who was the singer of the band Asonance, passed away on Sunday at the age of 57, according to her son Jan Rek.
She voluntarily exposed herself to the virus when her husband and son, both vaccinated, contracted it before Christmas, Rek told public radio iRozhlas.cz.
“She decided to stay with us normally and preferred to contract the disease rather than get vaccinated,” he said Monday.
Two days before her death, Horka said on social media, “I survived… It was intense.”
“So now there’s the theatre, the sauna, a concert… and an urgent trip to the sea,” she added.
Rek blamed the death on a local anti-vax movement, saying the leaders had convinced his mother of vaccination and thus had “blood on their hands”.
“I know exactly who influenced her… It saddens me that she believes in strangers more than in her own family,” Rek said.
“It was not just total misinformation, but also beliefs about natural immunity and antibodies obtained through infection,” he added.
The country of 10.7 million inhabitants announced more than 20,000 new Covid infections on Tuesday.
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