Joseph Flavill was run over on March 1, 2020 while walking in Burton upon Trent, England. He suffered a brain injury and has since remained in a coma. Now, ten months later, the 19-year-old Briton has started to recover, but is still unaware of the covid-19 pandemic, despite having contracted the disease twice.
A British teenager who fell into a coma ten months ago, more specifically three weeks before the start of the first mandatory confinement in the UK, is not yet aware of the covid-19 pandemic, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.
Joseph Flavill was hit by a car on March 1, 2020 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, and was in a coma. Only now, ten months later, has he slowly started to recover, but he is still unaware of the pandemic, despite having contracted (and recovered) twice from covid-19.
“He will not know anything about the pandemic, as he has been sleeping for 10 months. His conscience is starting to improve now, but we just don’t know what he knows. I just don’t know where to start. A year ago, if anyone Had he told me what was going to happen in 2020 I don’t think I would have believed it. I have no idea how Joseph will understand what we all went through “, told her aunt to that British newspaper.
Sally Flavill Smith also explained that the family informed the young man, by video call, that they could not be with him personally due to the restrictions of the new coronavirus, although without explaining or deepening the escalation of the pandemic.
The teenager is now at the Adderley Green center in Stoke-on-Trent to continue his recovery. According to “The Guardian”, he already moves members when asked and interacts with family and friends, blinking or smiling.
“We have a long way to go, but what he has achieved in the past three weeks has been absolutely incredible,” said the aunt.
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