British light heavyweight Anthony Yarde has lost his father to coronavirus.
Yarde, a 28-year-old who lives in east London, made the announcement Saturday on Instagram. He wrote that his father had no health issues before contracting the virus.
“My dad passed away from this virus yesterday,” he wrote. “He was fit with no health issues.”
He went on: “The more people go out and mingle the longer this isolation will last and the more it will spread.
“I’m not a doctor but I do know if you stay home you are less likely to catch it and pass it on. It’s seriously not worth the risk.”
As of Sunday evening, roughly 720,000 people had contracted coronavirus worldwide. Almost 34,000 people have lost their lives.