In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard
Alarm bells rang in Uruguay when eight pregnant women died from the coronavirus in the space of five weeks time a new reality observed recently across Latin America.
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An employee wearing a protective mask takes the temperature of a pregnant shopper waiting to enter a store in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. | Bloomberg/Patricia Monteiro I never thought I would go through my pregnancy like this, laments Irene Silva, a Uruguayan woman who has confined herself inside her home in Montevideo out of fear of catching Covid-19.