Two Hong Kong 'SARS babies' in a critical condition

European scientists have confirmed the identity of the Sars virus in a key step towards finding drugs to fight it, but anxiety in Hong Kong was unabated today as a doctor said two of the three babies born to Sars-infected mothers were in a critical condition.

Dr Hon Kam-lun would not offer any predictions about the fate of the babies, one of them born to a mother who died on Monday, two weeks after doctors delivered the child by Caesarean section as her condition deteriorated.