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A third of COVID-19 patients have reported neurological symptoms

Belgian Louis Varetto 68, who spent weeks in a coma at the intensive care unit after suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is helped by a medical staff member at the Neurological and Functional Rehabilitation Centre of the CHU hospital, in Fraiture, Belgium May 8, 2020.  REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC2IKG9EZCPD

Coronavirus can cause Guillain–Barré syndrome, which can eventually lead to paralysis. Image: REUTERS/Yves Herman

Jeremy Rossman
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent
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Recent studies have identified the presence of neurological symptoms in COVID-19 cases. Image: JAMA Neurology
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