Brain-injured man restrained from visiting elderly mother due to Covid-19 fears

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A brain injured man has been restrained by High Court order from leaving his nursing home for visits to his elderly mother or others due to concerns he does not understand the dangers to himself and others posed by Covid-19.

After the nursing home imposed visiting restrictions on March 6th, the man, a ward of court aged in his fifties described as at serious risk were he to contractCovid19, made four visits to his mother and his home area.