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Boy Wakes Up From Coma To Find The World Turned Upside Down Thanks To Coronavirus Feb 06, 2021, 12:55 IST The dangerous coronavirus has created a lot of fear to many people across the globe. We have faced a completely different situation in 2020 due to COVID-19. But, a British teenager who was in coma for the last 10 months recovered recently. The 19-year-old Joseph Flavill met with a car accident on March 1st, 2020 and suffered a severe brain injury. He was rushed to Leicester General Hospital where he spent six months in coma and later shifted to Adderley Green, a neurological rehabi...

A teenager from the United Kingdom has woken up from a roughly 11-month long coma, leading his family to weigh how they will explain the coronavirus pandemic to him, according to reports this week. 

Joseph Flavill, who has had COVID-19 twice, was hit by a car at the outset of the pandemic.

This British Teen Woke Up From 11-month Long Coma, Had No Knowledge of Pandemic FOLLOW US ON: A British teenager, who has been in a coma for 11 months, has woken up with no knowledge of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic that engulfed the world. 19-year-old Joseph Flavill suffered a severe brain injury after being hit by a car while walking near his home in Tutbury, Staffordshire, on March 1, 2020. He has been in the hospital ever since in a state of coma. After the accident, Flavill was rushed to Leicester General Hospital where he spent six months in a coma and later was shifted to Adderley ...

The update explained how he is now able to “move both his legs” and touch “his left and his right ear when asked to do so.”  The Independent spoke to his aunt, Kate Yarbo who explained that although the teenager is “trapped in because he is non-verbal," he is now able to respond yes and no through blinking “once for yes and twice for no.” When asked about whether or not Joseph knew about the pandemic, Ms Yarbo said that the family “don’t know what he (Joseph) knows yet because he’s still non-verbal.” His aunt went on to say that since September 2020, Joseph’s mother h...