Liberian nurse Cydia Marullo was pregnant in her 32nd week when paramedics arrived at her home and transferred her to a private hospital to treat those infected with the Coronavirus, which he likened to "hell".
This was the beginning of a 15-day ordeal in which 38-year-old Cydia cried daily and had fear about whether her child would survive a Covid 19 infection.
Her bosses sent her to the house in early May without giving her a valid reason but her colleagues later told her that her immediate boss had proven that he was HIV positive.
Five days after being tested, a medical staff with protective clothing was waiting for Sidia to collect her needs at her home as her neighbors saw her being taken away.
The pregnant woman has been separated from her family and taken to the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit in a military hospital in the east of the capital, Monrovia.
"I was in hell, lonely and neglected. For a woman to be pregnant and find herself in the Coved 19 intensive care unit is terrible," she said.
Liberia has recorded more than 250 injuries so far and 24 deaths, which is a low number compared to Europe and the United States.
The country of 4.8 million people was severely affected during the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in West Africa, which killed more than 4,800 people in Liberia.
Inside the military hospital, Marulo did not eat for two days because of fear. "I noticed that the fetus stopped moving," she said.
But she found a friend and ally in Harriet Mondaye, a legal midwife with the United Nations Population Fund, who was counseling pregnant women with coronavirus.
"It was tough times," Mondaye said, adding that the injured nurse was crying every time she spoke on the phone.
There are concerns that pregnant women are more at risk during the Corona virus crisis.
During the Ebola crisis in Liberia, some hospitals refused to receive any patients, leaving some pregnant women to give birth on the street.
In order to avoid a repetition of this scenario, UNFPA is providing maternity advice at this hospital for those with Covid 19 in Liberia, according to Mondaye.
Marullo eventually started eating again and was discharged from hospital after recovering after 15 days.
Later, she gave birth to a girl who was not infected with the virus.
But after overcoming her ordeal, Marulo and her family are now facing the stigma of contracting the epidemic.
Her husband and one of her three children were also affected by the epidemic, which made the family somewhat pariah in her community.
She said, "The stigma is another hell in which the victims of this virus live," adding, "It's like a curse. We are planning to leave this place."
Marolo credits her recovery to the help she received from midwife Harriet Mondaye and plans to conduct further studies in order to advise people in similar situations.
"She encouraged me and gave me hope," Marolo concluded.