Mother dies giving birth and does not get vaccinated for fear of harming the baby

Robin Zinsou, the father of the deceased, says he urged his pregnant daughter to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, but she feared it could harm her baby at birth.

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Paige Ruiz, 32, tested positive for Covid-19, when she was nine months pregnant, and died in a Texas hospital for complications with the virus on August 15. This, a few days after their second daughter, Celeste, was born by emergency cesarean section.

“It was my worst fear,” Paige’s father told John Berman of CNN last Tuesday. Ruiz was never able to hold her new baby.

She said her daughter refrained from getting vaccinated because she was worried about her baby. “She thought there was not enough information or data to say that she could confidently get vaccinated without harming the baby,” Zinsou added.

“As soon as she gave birth to Celeste, they quickly took her away and when my daughter came back (after surgery), they said … they had to stay apart due to Covid, “he commented. However, they were able to organize a video conversation so that Ruiz could see Celeste.”

Paige Ruiz She was the coordinator of Student Learning Outcomes and Federal Programs in the Joshua Independent School District, Texas, and had been an assistant principal at the high school for the past four years, according to a district statement.

“His dedication and passion for educating students will always be remembered along with his kindness to others,” the statement said. Ruiz and her husband, Daniel, also have an older daughter named Joanna, according to a campaign by GoFundMe created by the family. Zinsou told CNN than Celeste and Joanna they are healthy and good.