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Mexico's Covid Response Led to the Deaths of 2,240 New Mothers

Maternal mortality rates have spiked across the country since the beginning of the pandemic.

Keren Vallejo Castro with her family. — Keren Vallejo Castro with her family.
Source: Ana María Vallejo Castro

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June 16, 2022, 10:00 AM UTC

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At about noon on Jan. 30, Keren Vallejo Castro checked herself into a hospital in Baja California and delivered a healthy baby boy. Eight hours later, she was dead.