Veteran journalist, publisher and founder of the marginal party Free People Giorgos Tragkas died in Covid-ICU at a hospital in Athens early on Tuesday. He was 72 years old. He was suffering from diabetes and he was not vaccinated.
He was admitted to the hospital on December 4 with serious symptoms of Covid-19. Four days earlier he posted on social media that he was tested positive with the virus after contact with an infected person in the radio station where he was working.
His health condition deteriorated quickly and he was intubated.
His co-workers posted on social media that while in ICU he suffered also a heart attack and on Monday evening that he was he was connected to an artificial kidney.
According to an announcement from Sotiria Hospital, Trangas died in an intensive care unit at 03.10 am.
Giorgos Tragkas was very critical to vaccines against Covid-19 and he was influencing people on this issue.
