Ukrainian fitness influencer Dmitriy Stuzhuk, who told his followers on social media that Covid-19 does not exist, has died of the virus at 33 years old. His ex-wife Sophia, another influencer, confirmed the news of his death from the deadly virus on her personal Instagram.
Stuzhuk, a fitness expert with 1.1 million followers on Instagram, shared the news of him catching the virus just four days ago.
Sharing pictures from his hospital bed, he wrote that during a recent trip to Turkey, he showed some symptoms and got tested when he got back home.
"I was one who thought that Covid does not exist… until I got sick,” he said in his Instagram post.