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| Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims are 'left in the streets' as burial teams go on strike | |
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| The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets after burial teams have gone on strike, it has been reported. | The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets after burial teams have gone on strike, it has been reported. |
| The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation said workers have complained that they have not been paid. | The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation said workers have complained that they have not been paid. |
| Health Ministry spokesman Sidie Yahya Tunis said the situation was "very embarrassing" and that money was available to pay the teams. | Health Ministry spokesman Sidie Yahya Tunis said the situation was "very embarrassing" and that money was available to pay the teams. |
| The World Health Organization has said Ebola has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa and infected at least twice that many. | The World Health Organization has said Ebola has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa and infected at least twice that many. |
| The organisation's European director Zsuzsanna Jakab said yesterday that Europe would almost certainly see more cases after a Spanish nurse became the first to be infected with the disease outside Africa. | The organisation's European director Zsuzsanna Jakab said yesterday that Europe would almost certainly see more cases after a Spanish nurse became the first to be infected with the disease outside Africa. |
| Four people including the nurse's husband were admitted to hospital for observation. One of the four, another nurse, who had diarrhoea but no fever, tested negative for the virus, a Spanish health source said. | Four people including the nurse's husband were admitted to hospital for observation. One of the four, another nurse, who had diarrhoea but no fever, tested negative for the virus, a Spanish health source said. |
| A United Nations committee has approved $49 million to help fund the global body's unprecedented emergency mission to combat Ebola. | A United Nations committee has approved $49 million to help fund the global body's unprecedented emergency mission to combat Ebola. |
| The General Assembly budget committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution supporting the UN secretary-general's funding request, which is expected to cover operations through the end of December. | The General Assembly budget committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution supporting the UN secretary-general's funding request, which is expected to cover operations through the end of December. |
| It is the first mission the UN has created in response to a public health crisis. | It is the first mission the UN has created in response to a public health crisis. |
| The Ghana-based mission has offices in the three Ebola-affected countries in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. | The Ghana-based mission has offices in the three Ebola-affected countries in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. |
| The UN last week said it had lost its first staff member, a Liberian national, to "probable" Ebola. | The UN last week said it had lost its first staff member, a Liberian national, to "probable" Ebola. |
| Additional reporting by Associated Press | Additional reporting by Associated Press |