WHO Warns Unsafe Procedures Hurting Anti-Ebola Efforts

The World Health Organization says anti-Ebola efforts in West Africa are being undermined by unsafe burials and a failure to identify dozens of Ebola cases. Health officials have warned for months that to stop the Ebola virus from spreading, suspected cases must be isolated and tested, and those killed by Ebola must be buried by workers wearing special protective gear. But the WHO's Ebola situation report says in the week ending February 15, there were 39 unsafe burials in Guinea...

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