Six babies diagnosed with microcephaly

A total of six babies, including a stillbirth case, have been diagnosed with microcephaly since the first local case of Zika was detected earlier this year.

However, the Public Health Ministry is still working to determine whether the occurrence of the condition is directly linked to the Zika virus.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), microcephaly is a condition where a baby is born with a small head or the head stops growing after birth. It is a condition that is so rare, only one baby in several thousand is born with microcephaly annually;