An Italian anti-vaxxer who tore off his oxygen mask and insisted he did not have the disease while being treated at a hospital, has died of Covid-19.Luigi Cossellu, was admitted on January 16 – with local media reporting that he denied the existence of Covid-19 and had refused to get the jab.
The 28-year-old was reported to have been in a serious condition upon his arrival at the Santa Maria Goretti Hospital in Latina, south of Rome. Medics there diagnosed him with acute respiratory failure due to coronavirus, and transferred him to an intensive care ward on his second day at the facility. However, Mr Cossellu refused treatment and even ripped off his oxygen mask according to local media.Italy24news reports that doctors were able to persuade the man to put the mask back on. But it was too late. His condition deteriorated, and he died from the disease on his fifth day in hospital. Mr Cossellu’s 55-year-old father – who is also an anti-vaxxer – is also in hospital currently in a serious condition on a ventilator, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
