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Filipina dies in UAE after delivering premature baby
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Filipina dies in UAE after delivering premature baby

UAE doctors helped a Filipino mom deliver her infant of seven months after the mother had been in a critical condition due to complications brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 28-year-old Grace Joy Tiglao had been intubated as she had severe breathing problems and decided with the help of UAE specialists to undergo a cesarian procedure in order to save her baby, as per reports from GMA News. Following the successful delivery at 10:30 pm of May 23, Grace Joy died seven hours later at around 5:30 am on May 24 due to cardiac arrest. Tiglao’s husband Joseph, who also tested positive for COVID-19 a month prior, had recently been declared COVID-19 free as of June 27 after testing negative for the coronavirus twice in a row. He recalled that his wife wished t...
Man dies after marriage, 111 guests test positive
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Man dies after marriage, 111 guests test positive

A wedding ceremony in rural Patna on June 15, 2020, where the groom was running high fever and died two days after his wedding, with his body cremated without being tested for Covid-19, appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far, media reports quoted health department officials as saying. More than 100 people have tested positive in Paliganj sub-division of Patna district, about 55 km from the state capital, in the last few days, out of over 350 who have been tested upon contact tracing, they said. Fifteen of his relatives who attended the wedding tested positive for the contagion and apparently infected others, reported news agency PTI. The officials, who requested anonymity, said the groom was a software engineer based in Gurugram and had returned hom...