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The Zika Baby Crisis

Panorama travels to Brazil to investigate the Zika virus. Jane Corbin meets the families living with this tragedy and hears from doctors and scientists trying to defeat the virus.

Panorama travels to Brazil to investigate the mystery of the Zika virus. The city of Recife is at the centre of an epidemic of cases of microcephaly, babies born with abnormally small heads -suffering brain and limb deformities. Reporter Jane Corbin meets the families living with this tragedy and hears from doctors and scientists trying to solve the riddle of the Zika virus and eradicate the mosquito which carries it.

5 minutes

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Role Contributor
Reporter Jane Corbin
Producer Andrew Bell
Editor Ceri Thomas

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