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January 20, 2022

Czech Singer Hana Horkad Dies After Deliberately Infecting Herself with Coronavirus
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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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