Synopsis

Panorama journeys to Brazil to unravel the enigma of the Zika virus. In Recife, a city gripped by an epidemic, a disturbing number of infants are born with microcephaly – their heads abnormally small, often accompanied by severe brain and limb deformities. Reporter Jane Corbin encounters the families grappling with this profound tragedy, and speaks with the doctors and scientists striving to understand the Zika virus and eliminate the mosquito that transmits it.