June 2002

1. June 2002

2. June 2002 • A major jazz concert, with top groups from Europe, the U.S., • and Africa, is being held in Vienna for 9 days and is • scheduled to move on to Budapest for 5 days. On the 9th • day in Vienna, the following transpires. • An African musician from a popular group calls the night • clerk at his small hotel asking for medical help. He says he • is very ill and that his colleague has passed out. • By the time rescue personnel arrive on the scene, the caller • has lost consciousness. Paramedics pronounce the caller’s • colleague dead. The cause of death is uncertain.

3. June 2002 (Cont) • Response to the incident has been slower than usual • because the incident occurred at 8 o’clock on a Sunday • morning. • The police investigation of the death confirms that the • deceased carried a Cote d’Ivoire passport and had traveled • from his home in Abidjan 10 days ago. Hotel records show • that his colleague was from the Cote d’Ivoire as well. • In all, 34 musicians – mostly from Africa – were staying in • the hotel; 20 of them had left on a 7 a.m. bus bound for • Budapest, 6 had left at 6 a.m. for Zagreb, and 8 left with both • means of travel and destination unknown.

4. June 2002 (Cont) • Most of the 34 African musicians who stayed in the hotel had • been drinking at the bar until 2 a.m. following the midnight • conclusion of their performances. • Preliminary reports from the hospital indicate that the caller • remains unconscious, suffering from a tropical disease. • Emergency checks with world health officials in Atlanta • indicate a current Ebola outbreak in central Africa. Tropical • disease experts from a major Vienna medical center say • the illness could be Ebola.