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Canada hit by mysterious brain disease, 48 cases reported so far

Amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, panic has spread in Canada due to a mysterious brain disease. So far 48 infected patients have been found in which symptoms like insomnia, limb dysfunction and hallucinations have been seen. Take a look at what scientists have to say about this disease:

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Updated:Jun 06, 2021, 07:16 PM IST

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48 patients found in New Brunswick, Canada

According to a report by the New York Times, patients of this mysterious disease have been found in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, located on the Atlantic coast. The patients have been seeing dead people in their dreams. Since then, fear has arisen among the people in Canada. Although many Canadian neurologists are working day and night to find out the cause of the disease.

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Scientists explain why the disease is spreading

Scientists have claimed that this disease is spreading through the radiation of cellphone towers. At the same time, there are many scientists who are blaming the COVID vaccine for this disease. However, there is no scientific confirmation on any of these claims.

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So far 6 people have died

Scientists said that this disease started spreading in Canada about 6 years ago. Dozens of people had come under its grip, out of which 6 also died. But 15 months ago, the havoc of the COVID virus epidemic started, due to which the attention of people and health officials was diverted from this disease.

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Scientists have no answers to any question

However, even after so much time studying the disease, scientists do not even have the name of this disease. People are constantly asking the question whether this disease is spreading through the environment? Is it genetic? Or is it spread by eating fish or deer meat? If this is not all then what is? But scientists are not able to explain anything.

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Information about the disease was given to the public in March

Public information about this mysterious disease came to the public in March, when the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of New Brunswick mentioned it in a press release. Doctors say the slow response to it is underscoring the challenge of other medical conditions during the global pandemic. Despite the extraordinary progress in science, we are still lagging behind in the knowledge of mental diseases or neuro-related diseases.

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