A heavily pregnant nurse who tested positive for Covid-19 has died after doctors managed to save her baby.
Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, passed away on Monday NZT after undergoing an emergency caesarean to deliver her baby daughter at Luton and Dunstable hospital.
The little girl is understood to be alive and being cared for.
Colleagues of the woman said she was "a fabulous nurse, and a great example of what we stand for".
In a GoFundMe page set up for Agyapong's family, friends wrote: "Mary was a blessing to everyone she came across and her love, care and sincerity will be irreplaceable."