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== Potential brain damage == Scientists warn of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggests [[COVID-19]] can lead to severe [[Nervous system|neurological]] complications, including [[brain inflammation]], [[psychosis]] and [[delirium]].<ref name="ReutersJul2020">{{Cite news | url=https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN248381| title = Scientists warn of potential wave of COVID-linked brain damage | date = 2020-07-07|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-07-08|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Varatharaj2020a" /><blockquote>“Whether we will see an epidemic on a large scale of brain damage linked to the pandemic – perhaps similar to the encephalitis lethargica outbreak in the 1920s and 1930s after the 1918 influenza pandemic – remains to be seen,” said Michael Zandi, from UCL’s Institute of Neurology, who co-led the study.<ref name="ReutersJul2020" /></blockquote> Reuters reported: <blockquote>A study by researchers at University College London (UCL) described 43 cases of patients with COVID-19 who suffered either temporary brain dysfunction, strokes, nerve damage or other serious brain effects.<br>Previous research has also shown COVID-19 could damage the brain in some patients.<ref name="ReutersJul2020" /><ref name="Varatharaj2020a" /></blockquote>
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