Coronavirus: Anti-vax Czech singer Hana Horka dies after getting infected on purpose so she could visit theatre and sauna
- The member of folk band Asonance exposed herself to her sick family because she wanted a health pass allowing her to visit the sauna and theatre, her son says
- He blames the local anti-vax movement for his mother’s death, saying they have ‘blood on their hands’
An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted Covid-19 to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna and theatre, her family said.
Proof of vaccination or a recent infection is required to access cultural and sports facilities as well as for travel and for visiting bars and restaurants in the EU member state, which is facing a soaring Covid-19 count.
Hana Horka, who was the vocalist for the band Asonance, died 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, caught it before Christmas, Rek told public radio iRozhlas.cz.
“She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated,” he said on Monday.