According to WHO, the death toll in Liberia from the Ebola Virus
outbreak has risen to 4,033. Do not forget that a terrible civil war
claimed the lives of Liberians for about two decades. Just when the
country was picking up its pieces, Ebola knock at their door to claim
even more lives. Let’s make this our business.
A woman crawls toward the body of her sister as an Ebola burial team takes it away for cremation.
The dead woman was a market vendor, who collapsed and died outside
her home in Monrovia, Liberia, while leaving to walk to a treatment
center, according to her relatives. Above, her sister is seen grieving
on the ground following the burial team’s departure.
The late woman’s mother, Sophia Doe (right), and her young grand
daughters weep as her daughter’s remains are removed for cremation on
Saturday.
In this image, her husband, Varney Jonson, 46, is seen crying out in
pain as crews – donning white overalls, gloves and goggles – transport
the body of his wife, Nama Fambule, to a crematorium following a
year-long illness that he insists was not Ebola-related.
As the proper burial of loved ones is so important in Liberian
culture, the removal of infected bodies for incineration is all the more
traumatic for surviving family members. Many relatives attempt to
convince burial teams to leave the bodies behind.
A woman grieves as Ebola burial team members arrive to take away the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation
Ebola is striking all ages.Another photo shows crews removing the body of a four-year-old girl, wrapped in a blanket, from an apartment.
A Liberian policeman is pictured watching as an Ebola burial team prepares to take away the body of Ms Nagbe.
Photo Credit: John Moore and Mohammed Elshamy photographed these gruesome scenarios for Getty Images.
Photo Source: DailyMail UK
Photo Source: DailyMail UK
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