(9 Jun 2001)

1. Wide shot of hospital
2. Mid shot of entrance
3. Doctor walking outside entrance
4. Boy looking out of hospital window
5. Two men waiting on bench
6. Nurse typing
7. Nurses attend to feverish patient
8. Close up of drip
9. Nurse with patient
10. Close up of nurse
11. Nurse takes hold of patient's arm
12. Nurse take blood pressure from arm
13. Wide shot of World Health Organisation office (WHO)
14. Nid shot of WHO sign
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Matthias Reinicke, WHO Public Health Advisor saying "The situation is that Congo Crimean haemorraghic fever has been disgnosed here in Kosovo at the moment. There are 28 cases under treatment and supervision. These patients are treated at Pristina University hospital. So far four patients have died. The administrative instruction issued by the department of health and social welfare says that access to the hospitals is restricted to family members of the patient. But there is no general closure for visitors to the hospital."
16. Cutaway of UN flag
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Matthias Reinicke, WHO Public Health Advisor saying "Well, we consider this disease, an outbreak of this fever, is endemic, that means it occurs annually in Kosovo we have a couple of cases every year. This year the number of cases is a bit higher therefore we call it an outbreak, not an epidemic."
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STORYLINE:

Four people have died and more than 20 others have been hospitalized in an outbreak of Crimea Congo hemorrhagic fever in Kosovo health officials said on Saturday.

The blood disease, which is related to the Ebola virus, is most often seen in animals.

It is caused by a virus and transmitted by tick bites or through direct contact with blood or tissue from an infected animal.

The World Health Organization puts the death rate for those infected with the disease as high as 30 percent, although fatalities have been low in the Yugoslav province.

In an attempt to halt the spread of the disease, health authorities have limited access to Kosovo's hospitals.

The WHO is not calling the outbreak an epidemic however and said there was no reason to panic.

Most of the cases have been in the villages and hamlets of western Kosovo.

Health authorities in the province advised people to avoid tick-infested areas, wear clothing that covers the legs and arms and check their bodies regularly for ticks.

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