Instagram influencer, who believed Covid-19 was hoax, dies of the virus

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, October 18 

A 33-year-old Ukrainian fitness influencer, who once thought that the coronavirus does not exist, has succumbed to the disease. 

Dmitriy Stuzhuk had caught the virus during a recent trip to Turkey. 

His ex-wife Sofia Stuzhuk confirmed the news of Stuzhuk's death on her Instagram account.

Stuzhuk was rushed to an overcrowded hospital. Sofia revealed, that he was in a "grave condition" and unconscious.  

She told her followers that he had “problems with his cardiovascular system... his heart is not coping. His state is extremely grave. No-one can do anything with this,” Sky News reported.

“I did everything I could so the father of my three children lives. But nothing depends on me now,” she added. 

She later announced his death, saying: “Dima is no longer with us. His heart could not stand”.

Stuzhuk had shared his experience with his 1.1 million followers on his Instagram handle on October 15. He wrote: “I also thought that there was no Covid… Until I got sick”. 

“COVID-19 DISEASE IS NOT EPHEME (short-lived)! And heavy,” he wrote.