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ANÁPOLIS, BRAZIL (ANN): A pregnant teacher died of Covid-19 after interacting with an asymptomatic friend at a surprise baby shower in Anápolis, Brazil.
Camila Graciano was eight months pregnant when her friends threw the party for her earlier this month, according to The Sun on Aug. 26.
The 31-year-old educator had been minimizing contact with other people to protect herself and her son amid the pandemic.
However, during the event she and her friends were unaware that one of them had already contracted the coronavirus and was asymptomatic.
After the party, Graciano’s brother, Daniel Helio Ambrosio, told Brazilian media Globo that the infected friend had felt ill.
Three days after the baby shower, Graciano was transferred to a hospital due to the coronavirus. Although his family struggled to find an available bed amid the pandemic, he was later admitted to Hospital Santa Casa.
Graciano was admitted to a maternity ward designated for high-risk pregnancies on Aug. 19, according to the report. Then the doctors induced her labor to save the baby.
Despite being born prematurely, her newborn daughter is fine.
“Thank God, my niece is showing good symptoms, she breathes alone in the incubator and does not need oxygen,” Ambrosio said, as quoted.
After giving birth, Graciano showed signs of improvement. Doctors explained that his lungs, heart rate, and blood pressure were improving at the time.
However, his condition quickly worsened on August 21.
Ambrosio pointed out that the virus had “mutated very strongly” and that Graciano “had no chance.” He passed away the next day.
There are more than 3.9 million cases of Covid-19 in Brazil as of today, September 2. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 122,500 people have died in the country from the disease. – Philippine Daily Inquirer / Asia News Network
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