Sierra Leone's burial teams for Ebola victims strike over hazard pay

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Sierra Leone's burial teams for Ebola victims strike over hazard pay

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leones-burial-teams-ebola-victims-strike-over-203309739--business.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4QtGhwBtkUbu2Vw9tK5gow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-07T203309Z_1_LYNXNPEA960T5_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-WHO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Burial team prepare body of Ebola Virus victim for interment in Freetown" align="left" title="Burial team prepare body of Ebola Virus victim for interment in Freetown" border="0" /></a>FREETOWN (Reuters) - Teams in charge of burying the bodies of Ebola victims in two districts of Sierra Leone have gone on strike over the non-payment of their weekly risk allowances, leaders of the group said on Tuesday. Because the Ebola virus is highly infectious and remains active in the corpses of victims, only specialized teams in protective clothing are allowed to remove and dispose of the bodies. A strike by the burial teams could worsen the outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone, which recorded 121 deaths and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days last week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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