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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...
Britain now has the highest Covid-19 deaths in Europe
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Britain now has the highest Covid-19 deaths in Europe

There have been 29,427 deaths recorded across the UK The United Kingdom now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe, BBC quoted the latest government figures as suggesting. There have been 29,427 deaths recorded across the UK - a figure Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said was "a massive tragedy". The latest total for Italy, previously the highest in Europe, now stands at 29,315. But experts say it could be months before full global comparisons can be made. Both Italy and the UK record the deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus. BBC head of statistics Robert Cuffe said Britain reached this figure faster in its epidemic than Italy. But he said there are caveats in making such a comparison, including the UK population being about 10% lar...