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France 24: How COVID-19 can damage the brain

Published July 12, 2020 at 1:57 am

Doctor Paul McKay, who is working on a vaccine for the 2019-nCoV strain of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, poses for a photograph using a pipette expresses coronavirus, Covid-19, onto surface protein to apply cell cultures, in a research lab at Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM) in London on Feb. 10, 2020.

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Not only does Covid-19 damage the lungs, heart and kidneys, it can also cause severe brain damage – with patients suffering neurological conditions including paranoia and hallucinations, a British scientific study has revealed. Following her discharge from hospital after being treated for symptoms of Covid-19, a 55 year-old British woman started hallucinating, seeing monkeys and lions in her house.