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Czech anti-vax singer dies after deliberate infection

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Agence France-Presse

<p>PRAGUE, Czech Republic - An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted Covid to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna and theatre, her family said.</p><p>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 count.</p><p>Hana Horka, who was the vocalist for the band Asonance, died on Sunday at the age of 57, according to her son Jan Rek.</p><p>She voluntarily exposed herself to the virus when her husband and son, both vaccinated, caught it before Christmas, Rek told public radio iRozhlas.cz.</p><p>&quot;She decided to continue to live normally with us and preferred to catch the disease than to get vaccinated,&quot; he said on Monday.</p><p>Two days before her death, Horka took to social media to say: &quot;I survived... It was intense.&quot;</p><p>&quot;So now there will be the theatre, sauna, a concert... and an urgent trip to the sea,&quot; she added. </p><p>Rek blamed the death on a local anti-vax movement, saying its leaders had convinced his mother against vaccination and thus had &quot;blood on their hands&quot;. </p><p>&quot;I know exactly who influenced her... It makes me sad that she believed strangers more than her proper family,&quot; Rek said.</p><p>&quot;It wasn&#x27;t just total disinformation but also views on natural immunity and antibodies acquired through infection,&quot; he added. </p><p>The country of 10.7 million people announced more than 20,000 new Covid infections on Tuesday.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1898436" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted Covid to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna.