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Czech Singer Hana Horkad Dies After Deliberately Infecting Herself with Coronavirus

HeadlineJan 20, 2022

In the Czech Republic, the popular folk singer Hana Horkad has died of COVID-19 after she intentionally became infected with the coronavirus. Horkad was a prominent anti-vaccination activist. Before her death on Sunday, she said she caught the virus in order to enter concert venues requiring either vaccination or proof of recovery from COVID-19.

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