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A pregnant nurse in the United Kingdom died after contracting the novel coronavirus — but doctors were able to save her baby by performing an emergency C-section, according to a report.

Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, passed away last Sunday after battling the novel virus for roughly a week, according to a statement from Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, of which Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where Agyapong worked, is a part of.

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An internal email reviewed by the U.K.’s Channel 4 News said the decision to perform an emergency C-section to save Agyapong’s then-unborn daughter was made after her condition deteriorated. She reportedly saw improvement after being hospitalized on April 7, but her condition went downhill shortly before she died.

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[Source: Fox News]