bbc brasil s nathalia passarinho reports. music. 23 year old has always dreamt of being a mother. just a year ago, she was 35 weeks pregnant with twin boys. translation: we started thinking of names in casel we had boys or girls. we thought about clothes and the crib. since the beginning, we started to plan everything. but her dream was taken away too soon. after being diagnosed with covid i9, she was admitted to an icu in sao paulo. shortly after an emergency c section, she died of a cardiac arrest. translation: when i saw the babies, - i saw what true love is, but when i received the news, it was so difficult. how could my whole world fall apart in a matter of hours? she is one of more than 1,000
and until the pandemic is brought under control in brazil, thousands of pregnant women will remain at risk. nathalia passarinho, bbc news. in london tonight, it s the first night of the proms at the royal albert hall, one of the highlights of the cultural calendar. and for the first time since 2019 audiences will be back. but they must have proof of a negative covid test or double vaccination. mark savage reports. for music lovers of the royal albert hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i have been waiting two years for this day. being not socially distance will be something to quickly get over.
are urged to get vaccinated, for too many in brazil it s tragically too late. since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 1600 pregnant women have died. the bbc has obtained exclusive footage from the only intensive care unit for pregnant women with covid in sao paulo. bbc brasil s nathalia passarinho reports. music. this 23 year old has always dreamt of being a mother. just a year ago, she was 35 weeks pregnant with twin boys. translation: we started thinking of names in casel we had boys or girls. we thought about clothes and the crib. since the beginning, we started to plan everything. but her dream was taken away too soon. after being diagnosed with covid 19, she was admitted to an icu in sao paulo. shortly after an emergency c section, she died of a cardiac arrest. translation: when i saw the babies, i saw what true love is, but when i received the news, it was so difficult.
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Coronavirus: The babies and children in Brazil s Covid ICU
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As Brazil s coronavirus epidemic races out of control, the disease is killing not just adults, but babies and children. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,300 babies under the age of one have died from the virus. With exclusive access to one children’s ICU in the northeast of the country, BBC Brazil’s Nathalia Passarinho speaks to staff about caring for these critically ill children.
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Doctors have warned that a growing number of babies in Brazil are mysteriously dying of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus Pandemic Overwhelms Brazilian City Of Manaus MANAUS, BRAZIL - MAY 21: A nurse wearing a protective mask and shield holds an indigenous baby while his mother gets vaccination at Parque das Tribos community, on May 21 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Medical teams from Healths Secretary of Manaus area performing vaccination against flu and testing to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) infecctions on indigenous communities.
Despite overwhelming evidence that the coronavirus seldom kills children under the age of five, 1,300 babies have died due to it in the last year. The increased deaths are being blamed on Brazil s COVID-19 infection rate, the second-highest in the world, a significant lack of monitoring, and a president accused of failing to treat the virus seriously enough.