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. Share this News 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.