A Liberian woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial workers take her for cremation in 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. John Moore / Getty
A Liberian woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial workers take her for cremation in 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. John Moore / Getty
Liberia undertakers still haunted by Ebola after outbreak declared over
Not one of the boiler-suited health workers who combed the streets collecting the bodies of suspected Ebola victims caught the virus, thanks to the proper implementation of safety procedures. But their masks, gloves and rubber boots were no protection against a contagion of a different sort