A couple from the central Kosovo town of Malisevo have died of haemorrhagic fever contracted from tick bites, Hina reports.

The husband died in a hospital in Pristina on Thursday and his wife, who had the same symptoms, passed away two days ago.

Several members of the same family have been admitted to the same hospital but are not in a serious condition although they are also suffering from this type of fever, known as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).

This season, 157 patients with CCHF symptoms have asked for medical aid and 27 of them have been hospitalised.

CCHF outbreaks have been reported in Malisevo and Klina and another four municipalities in central Kosovo.

Risks of its spreading rise with summer heats and a growing frequency of tick bites.

The Pristina hospital has said it has sufficient amounts of drugs for treating this disease, advising people to avoid places where they can be bitten by ticks.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was first registered in Kosovo in 1957 and has claimed the lives of dozens of people since then, the local media reported.