Mild Respiratory COVID-Induced Neuroinflammation Causes Neurological Deficits

To date,more than 580 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).COVID-19(coronavirus disease 2019)not only affects lung function but also unexpectedly causes brain dysfunction as about a quarter of the survivors of this pandemic to have persistent cognitive impairment.While this sequela is more common in severely ill patients with COVID,those with mild symptoms also frequently experience cognitive impairment[1],and the pathogenic mechanism has not yet been elucidated.