A folk singer from the Czech Republic has died after deliberately catching Covid, according to her family.

57 year old Hana Horka was unvaccinated and had posted on social media that she was recovering after testing positive.

She died two days later.

Her son says she got infected on purpose when he and his father had the virus, so she could get a recovery pass to access certain venues. 

It comes as the Czech Republic reported a record number of Covid-19 cases.

On Sunday morning, the day she died, Ms Horka said she was feeling better and dressed to go for a walk. But then her back started hurting, so she went to lie down in her bedroom. 

“In about 10 minutes it was all over,” her son said. “She choked to death”. 

Although she was unvaccinated, Jan Rek stressed that his mother did not believe in some of the more bizarre conspiracy theories about Covid vaccines. 

“Her philosophy was that she was more OK with the idea of catching Covid than getting vaccinated. Not that we would get microchipped or anything like that,” he said.