‘Extremely severe’ brain damage in Zika virus babies

Experts have found “extremely severe” brain damage in babies born with a birth defect presumed to have been caused by the Zika virus.

Doctors in Brazil have mapped out the largest set of brain scans of children with microcephaly, presumably caused by mothers becoming infected with the virus while pregnant.

They examined 23 youngsters and found “severe cerebral damage” which indicates a “poor prognosis for neurological function”.