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Hopefully, given her explanation and the pandemic situation, the immigration officer will just let her in (perhaps with a warning), and she wouldn't need to deal with I-407 or immigration court. If the officer doesn't just let her in, the thing to watch out for is that they might try to pressure her into signing I-407 to voluntarily give up her permanent residency. The alternative is to be put into removal proceedings in immigration court, and that sounds scary to most people, so they might give in and sign I-407 instead. But she should really think of removal proceedings as a kind of "appeal" for the immigration officer's decision -- if the officer doesn't let her in, then she wants to be placed in removal proceedings because that provides her the opportunity to present her case a second time to an immigration judge, who may (and often do) rule in her favor. Plus she will be allowed to stay in the US in the meantime and can get a lawyer to represent her.