India's latest Zika outbreak sees surge of nearly 100 cases

FILE PHOTO: Chimneys of leather tanneries are seen in Kanpur, India, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

LUCKNOW (Reuters) - At least 89 people, including 17 children, have tested positive for the Zika virus in a surge of cases in the Indian city of Kanpur, its health department said on Monday.

First discovered in 1947, the mosquito-borne virus Zika virus reached epidemic proportions in Brazil in 2015, when thousands of babies were born with microcephaly, a disorder that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains.