According to a government release, Hiraba Modi waved the tricolour and handed out national flags to children in her house.

The alarm by the authorities comes after New York reported the first polio case in the US in almost a decade.

The 53-year-old had been in a coma for a week after crashing her car into a house in Los Angeles.

BBC Local News: Birmingham and Black Country -- Live coverage of Saturday's Championship game between Cardiff City and Birmingham City.