Sally Flavill shows a photograph of her nephew Joseph Flavill, who has awoken from a coma with no knowledge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after he was injured in a car accident in March 2020. Photo: ReutersA British teenager is slowly emerging from a coma nearly a year after being hit by a car, and he has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic even though he has caught the virus twice. During that time his family has been largely unable to be near him and hold his hand due to coronavirus restrictions, mostly trying to communicate with him via video link. "Recently Joseph has started to show small signs of recovery, which we are thrilled about... We know now he can hear us, he responds to small commands," his aunt, Sally Flavill, told Reuters. Since Joseph's accident, Britain has registered nearly four million Covid-19 cases, including more than 110,000 deaths, in a pandemic that has turned life upside down worldwide, shuttering schools, universities, shops and many other places.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 08, 2021 06:56 UTC