Dad-of-four who refused the vaccine dies of Covid aged 38

Antony Ayiotis died at the young age of 38 from Covid-19 (Pictures: BPM Media)

An unvaccinated dad-of-four who had no underlying health conditions died after contracting coronavirus.

The family of Antony Ayiotis has been left devastated after he suddenly died only days after being hospitalised with Covid-19.

The 38-year-old from Romford, east London, did not want the vaccine as he ‘did not go out much’, and believed he did not need it.

His sister Stacie Ayiotis, 36, said the family is shocked and heartbroken by their loss.

According to Stacie, he did not drink or smoke, and had no underlying health issues.

She said: ‘We are all absolutely heartbroken and devastated. It all happened so quickly.

‘Every day he was in hospital he deteriorated. We did not for one minute think he would die like that.’

The family of the dad-of-four from Romford have spoken of their shock at his sudden death (Picture: BPM Media)

He died in hospital on September 17, almost a week after he had been admitted with coronavirus (Picture: BPM Media)

Antony did not want to receive the vaccine (Picture: BPM Media)

‘His partner was double-jabbed so thankfully did not catch it, but he went into hospital last week on the Saturday and died the following Friday.

‘He had no underlying health conditions, he did not smoke and he did not drink – but he was not jabbed.

‘He said he did not need to be because he did not go out.

‘It makes you realise how good the vaccine must be, his partner who was double jabbed didn’t get it and he ended up dying from it.’

Antony passed away on September 17 – nearly a week after he was taken to hospital with Covid-19.

His sister added his sudden death had also put the benefits of the vaccine into stark perspective in the most tragic way possible.

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In order to celebrate his life, his family have appealed for donations on GoFundMe to put some money aside for his children and to pay for a funeral.

Stacie added: ‘It is all still so raw we are dealing with the shock and the grief.

‘Obviously nobody was prepared for it, we want to give him the best send-off we can, for him and his children.

‘He was very close to all his children, the three boys he had with his ex-wife and his daughter with his current partner.

‘It will be something for them to say goodbye properly.’

Metro.co.uk reported only a few days ago that a mum-of-four who posted anti-vaccine and anti-mask messages on social media has died after contracting Covid-19.

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