A pregnant teacher in Brazil died from COVID-19 after becoming infected at a surprise baby shower, her family said.
Camila Graciano, 31, had been careful to stay home because of a high-risk pregnancy, but came into contact with someone infected when her co-workers threw her a shower in Anapolis, Brazilian outlet Globo reported.
The guest wasn’t suffering symptoms at the time and unknowingly spread the virus to other partygoers.
“Unfortunately, my sister was one of the people who were infected,” Graciano’s brother, Daniel Helio Ambrosio, told the outlet, according to news station KRON.
Graciano, who was then eight months pregnant, was rushed three days later to the hospital, where she gave birth via emergency C-section, the outlets reported.
The baby girl was born healthy, but the virus-stricken mom remained in the hospital.
“After the birth, my sister showed significant improvement,” Ambrosio said. “The doctors even sent us a message saying, ‘Listen, have faith, because her lungs are improving, the heartbeat is improving (and) her blood pressure is improving.’”
But soon the new mom’s health began to rapidly deteriorate, and she was pronounced dead Aug. 22, the reports said.
Brazil has counted more than 121,000 deaths from the virus, which has sickened at least 3.9 million people, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
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