IMAGINE if coronavirus was all just a bad dream.
That's the situation (sort of) faced by a teenager in the UK, who has emerged from a 10-month coma with no knowledge whatsoever of COVID-19 or the pandemic.
19-year-old Joseph Flavill was hit by a car while walking in Staffordshire on 01 Mar 2020, the Guardian reports.
He suffered a traumatic brain injury but is now slowly starting to recover.
However, that's been fairly difficult (and confusing) because his family is unable to be by his bedside due to Britain's strict coronavirus restrictions.
Adding to the irony, the teenager actually contracted a case of COVID-19 during his recovery from the accident.
Authorities in Taiwan have relented over a fine imposed on a man for breaching COVID-19 restrictions, after it emerged that he had been kidnapped.
Local media reports the victim returned from a visit to Hong Kong in Oct, and commenced the 14-day home quarantine period at a friend's home.
However unfortunately that friend owed someone a substantial sum of money, and debt collectors arrived at the house the next day and in a case of mistaken identity, beat him up and kidnapped him.
Officials issued a $5,000 fine for leaving isolation, but the penalty has been withdrawn because he was forced to breach quarantine against his will.
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