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First Zika baby born in Europe
A woman in Spain has given birth to a baby with microcephaly as a result of being invected with the Zika virus.
The birth is though to be the first such birth in Europe and comes after the World Health Organisation declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency because of the risk it poses to newborn children.
Felix Castillo, the neonatal chief at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital, confirmed that the circumference of the child's head was ‘smaller than normal and that it has microcephaly’.
He also maintained that while the child was being constantly monitored the parents were ‘very excited’ about the birth.
Zika can be spread through: bites from mosquitoes that carry the virus; maternal transmission from mother to baby in the womb; unprotected sexual intercourse; and blood transfusion, which although very likely has not been confirmed.
A report published in Nature Microbiology has cited that projections suggest about 93.4 million people will catch the Zika virus, including roughly 1.65 million pregnant women.
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