Three Brits in hospital in Huddersfield after testing positive for ‘head-shrinking’ bug
Patients 'tested positive for Zika virus following return from foreign travel'
THREE Brits have been diagnosed with the Zika virus after arriving back in the UK from overseas.
The patients are all being treated by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
The cases emerged in an infection and control report at the trust's board meeting yesterday.
The report said: "Three patients have tested positive for Zika virus following return from foreign travel."
It comes just days after a baby was born with microcephaly in Spain.
The condition causes shrunken heads in babies and is believed to be connected to the Zika virus.
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The child was born in a Barcelona hospital with medics saying its head was abnormally small.
It is understood the mother contracted the Zika virus while on a trip to Latin America.
She was diagnosed back in May but chose to have the baby anyway.
It is thought the virus orginated in Brazil - where the Rio 2016 Olympic games will take place next month.
Scientists in Brazil believe up to 1.65million women of child-bearing age could still be at risk of Zika.
Brazil is the hardest hit country in the epidemic - with more than three times the number of infections of any other country.
It is feared there has been an outbreak of Zika in the sunshine state, where up to two million Brits holiday every year.
Four new cases have emerged in Floria, where there have been more than 300 Zika cases linked from people travelling to countries such as Brazil.
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