Sunday, 8 March 2015

Liberia removes Ebola crematorium as outbreak is contained


Traditional leaders, right, walk as a choir follows before the start of a ceremony for people who died due to the Ebola virus and who got cremated at a crematorium on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday, March 7, 2015. Traditional leaders from the fifteen counties in Liberia performed prayers at a crematorium that was used to burn the remains of people that passed away due to the Ebola virus. After the ceremony at the crematorium the remains were transported to a burial site were family members and traditional leaders gave their last blessing. The West African nations of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have been hardest hit in the yearlong Ebola outbreak, which is estimated to have left more than 9,800 people dead. (AP Photo / Abbas Dulleh) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Marking the progress in controlling its Ebola outbreak, the Liberian government dismantled a crematorium and removed drums containing the ashes of more than 3,000 Ebola victims cremated during the height of the epidemic, whose last patient was discharged last week.








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