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SHOTLIST Near Rome March 31, 2005 1. Chicken farm 2. Woman picking up chicken, putting it in cage Near Rome August 31, 2005 3. Cutaway chicken Rome October 11, 2005 4. Exterior shot FAO headquarters in Rome (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) 5. Mid shot news conference 6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nabarro, UN coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza "To prevent a pandemic of human influenza we have to intensify the global response to the current epidemic of avian influenza." 7. Wide shot news conference 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Fresco, Assistant Director General Agriculture Department: "For Bulgaria and Romania we don't have confirmation of the virus being present, we only have some serological information. For Turkey, we seem to have confirmation, so in those cases restricting trade is probably the best thing to do." 9. Media attending presser 10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nabarro, UN Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza: "We cannot be sure that existing vaccines that have been stored up would be effective." 11. Media attending presser Near Rome August 31, 2005 12. Chicken farm 13. Chicken farm, with close-up of chickens STORYLINE UN officials say they're exploring ways of stepping up the production of a vaccine in case Avian bird flu should spark a human influenza pandemic. David Nabarro, the UN Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, said it would take six months to build up a stockpile of vaccine, but health authorities are concerned that that might be too long if the virulent bird flu strain jumps to humans. "We will need to have vaccines much more quickly than six months," Nabarro said, adding that the World Health Organisation and governments were exploring how to coordinate vaccine manufacturers to see if it could be done more quickly. Officials at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are warning of the possibility of a pandemic spread of avian flu if the global response isn't intensified. The comments were made during a news conference at the FAO's headquarters in Rome on Tuesday. An official coordinating UN efforts said vaccines stored at the moment may not be effective and that it could take up to six months to develop a stockpile of more effective vaccines. Regarding the alarm caused by some evidence of bird flu in countries including Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, one FAO official said the best thing to do was to restrict trade. "For Bulgaria and Romania we don't have confirmation of the virus being present, we only have some serological information," said Louise Fresco, Assistant Director General Agriculture Department. "For Turkey, we seem to have confirmation. So in those cases, restricting trade is probably the best thing to do." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/90de0ef508f323d7142ec587ff3a4a37 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork