Czech folk singer Hanka Horká dies after deliberately getting covid

The country, like much of central Europe, is experiencing a surge of cases driven by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, with the Czech health ministry reporting a record 28,469 new cases on Wednesday. As of Jan. 18, only about 63 percent of its roughly 10.7 million residents had been fully vaccinated, below the European Union average of 69 percent.

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