Teams in charge of burying the bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone went on strike over lack of hazard pay, leaders of the group said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Because the Ebola virus remains active in the corpses of victims, only specialized teams in protective clothing are allowed to remove and dispose of the bodies. Tamba Nyandemoh told Reuters, they have not been paid for two weeks. The strike could worsen the outbreak of the virus in Sierra Leone, which recorded 121 deaths and scores of new infections on a single day last week. The teams bury between 17 and 35 bodies daily, according to Nyandemoh.

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