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STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - APRIL 20: Stamford Elementary school teacher Luciana Lira, 42, holds baby Neysel, then 2 1/2 weeks, while showing the newborn for the first time to his immigrant mother Zully, a Guatemalan asylum seeker, via Zoom on April 20, 2020, in Stamford, Connecticut. At left is Luciana's husband, Alex Lira, 45. The infant's mother Zully had just come off a ventilator at Stamford Hospital, and it was the first time she had seen the image of her baby. Lira became a temporary guardian for the newborn, after the boy's mother, Zully went to the Stamford Hospital emergency room, almost 8 months pregnant and sick with COVID-19. She was taken to the ICU, put on a ventilator and hospital staff performed an emergency C-section. Baby Neysel was born on April 2, 2020, five weeks early and healthy but unable to return to his home, as his father Marvin and half brother Junior, 7, had been exposed to the virus. Marvin contacted Lira, Junior's ESL teacher and asked if she could take temporary custody of the baby, so as to not potentially infect the child. Marvin and Junior later tested positive and have been quarantined at home. Lira continues teaching her elementary school students, albeit remotely, while also caring for the infant at home. She plans to continue doing so until the Guatemalan family all tested negative for the virus and say they are ready to bring the child home. (Footage by John Moore/Getty Images)