13-year-old boy diagnosed with rare post-COVID brain disease in Karnataka

A 13-year-old boy in Karnataka's Davanagere has been diagnosed with Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood after COVID recovery, informed Dr Kalappanavar on June 28. “A 13-year-old boy in Karnataka's Davanagere has been diagnosed with Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood, a condition that affects brain, post-COVID recovery. This is probably the first case in a child post COVID-recovery,” said Dr Kalappanavar.