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EMS paramedics in PPE bring Zully, a COVID-19 patient, new mother and Guatemalan asylum seeker home by ambulance from Stamford Hospital on April 25, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. Weeks before she had gone to the hospital, eight months pregnant and gravely ill with coronavirus. Doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver her baby boy Neysel. Zully was put on a ventilator and remained in critical condition until a plasma antibody trial appeared to greatly improve her condition. A few days after medical staff took her off the ventilator, she was released from the hospital, although still positive for coronavirus and to quarantine at home. She has yet to hold her baby, who is healthy and temporarily staying with her older son's teacher Luciana Lira. The K-5 Bilingual /ESL instructor at Hart Magnet Elementary School continues remote teaching her elementary school students, while also caring for the Zully's infant at home. She plans to continue as the baby's temporary custodian until the entire Guatemalan family, including Zully, the child's father Marvin and their son Junior, 7, also recover and test negative for the virus. The ambulance was paid for by the immigrant advocacy organization Building One Community, (B1C) which is also assisting the family with food and supplies during their quarantine. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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