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Teen wakes up from 10-month coma with no memory of the pandemic

A teenager from the UK woke up from a 10-month coma after a car accident with no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic.

Among 3,069 patients treated in a Boston intensive care unit (ICU) between 2008 and 2019, people of color were given significantly less supplemental oxygen than would be considered optimal compared to white people. Stock photo.
Among 3,069 patients treated in a Boston intensive care unit (ICU) between 2008 and 2019, people of color were given significantly less supplemental oxygen than would be considered optimal compared to white people. Stock photo. (123RF/Yuriy Klochan)

A teenager from the UK has woken up from a 10-month coma with no recollection of the coronavirus pandemic.

Joseph Flavill, a 19-year-old recovering from being hit by a car in March 2020, has finally regained consciousness and according to the BBC, has no recollection of the pandemic despite contracting Covid-19 twice while in hospital.

His family say the 19-year-old's condition is slowly improving.

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