(Headlines & Global News) Dead bodies of Ebola-infected victims are being left on the streets after Ebola burial teams in two districts of Sierra Leona went on strike for not being paid their weekly risk allowances, leaders of the group said on Tuesday. Similarly in Liberia, one of the hardest hit countries by the Ebola epidemic, thousands of health workers and local staff are threatening to strike starting Monday if they don’t receive hazard pay.
The Ebola team workers, who arguably have one of the world’s most dangerous jobs, have complained that they have not been paid since the past two weeks. But leaving dead bodies on the streets and stopping work might prove extremely dangerous since the highly infectious virus tends to remain in the corpses of victims, with only specialized teams in protective clothing being able to dispose the bodies, NBC News reported.