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by coming in contact with the coupes .This makes the disease decomposing bodies left to rot in view of everyone, including little children. So far in West Africa statistics has shown that the Ebola virus has claimed the lives of nearly 900 people.
The deadly virus, which when contacted cause the victim to suffer from severe bruising and bleeding from the eyes and mouth, with less than half of those infected with the virus surviving the attack. Earlier last week, the Liberian government had announced that measures to contain the disease, including shutting schools, imposing quarantines on victim's homes and tracking their friends and relatives have been put in place, including acquiring a vast area of land which can be use for mass burial for infected corpses . Locals had started dragging the bodies of their loved ones' onto the streets for fear that the new government regulations would risk their own health which encourages them to leave the body at home and alert concerned authorities who will evacuate the bodies of victim as soon as possible.
'They're exposing themselves to the risk of being contaminated we're asking people to please leave the bodies in their homes and we'll pick them up' Health Minister Mr. Brown said. The Liberian government had on Monday announced via state radio that all corpses of Ebola victims must be cremated amid fears the incurable disease could overrun healthcare systems in one of the world's poorest country. Authorities said military police officers were called in to help restore order so that the burials could take place and bodies of victims removed from street.
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