Overview
- Brook remains under round-the-clock inpatient care with hourly seizure monitoring, IV antivirals, pain control and physiotherapy.
- He said clinicians have increased his medications and steroids after tests showed the inflammation was getting worse.
- Diagnostic work-ups have included CT and MRI scans and lumbar punctures to guide treatment.
- Posting from his hospital bed, the 31-year-old urged people to ignore online rumours and said he faces a long recovery.
- Officials and reports note his viral illness is unrelated to the separate bacterial meningitis cluster in Kent, as his pregnant partner Sophie Kasaei focuses on their baby and has called visiting too risky.