Coronavirus could potentially cause brain damage as "dangerous swelling" has been discovered in some patients, doctors have warned.
Neurological complications have occurred in a number of people diagnosed with Covid-19, where inflammation has caused bleeding and the killing of cells.
One Florida man in his 70s temporarily lost the ability to speak after contracting the virus. Other scans suggest a woman in her 50s from Detroit lost big chunks of brain cells, and similar central nervous problems have been reported in Italy and China.
Henry Ford Health System neurologist Dr Elissa Fory said incorporating patients with severe neurological disease needs to be added into "our treatment paradigm", reports the Daily Mail.