Quarantined at gunpoint, desperate and hungry, the ordeal of the West African towns in quarantine because of Ebola epidemic
Volunteers are being paid four pounds a day to sterilize and bury bodies of Ebola victims in Kenema, Sierra Leone
Rigorous quarantine measures are being used to stop the virus spreading, as those affected by virus reaches 2,615
In Liberia, soldiers have created weapon-guarded blockades to ensure thousands of residents stay in quarantine
Some 20,000 have been left desperate for food as they wait for rationed deliveries to arrive from the government
The enforced quarantines have created ghost towns around the area, as authorities try to stop spread of the virus
By Steph Cockroft
DailyMailUK
25 August 2014
Volunteers are being paid four pounds per day to sterilize and bury the bodies of those who have died after contracting the deadly Ebola virus.
As the crisis continues to spread across West African countries, workers in Kenema, Sierra Leone, have been pictured donning special protective gear and face masks to carry out the harrowing tasks of safely burying the infected bodies in graveyards.
Rigorous quarantine measures have been put in place across the country to stop the spread of Ebola, which the World Health Organisation says has now affected more than 2,600 people worldwide.
In Dolo Town, Liberia, soldiers have been employed to create a weapon-guarded blockades to enforce a strict quarantine on some 20,000 residents living near to the international airport, where the outbreak has been particularly severe.
Residents in the West Point area of Monrovia have been left desperate for food people as they are banned from leaving the area and are forced to wait on supplies from the government.
There is no cure for Ebola and outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90 per cent. The effects of the disease normally appear between two and 21 days after infection. It is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through person-to-person transmission.
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