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Sierra Leone's military is to provide oversight and supervision to ensure that the burial process of Ebola victims throughout the country is done "promptly and efficiently," the director of communications in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation said Wednesday.

"The military oversight would include ensuring that the teams start work on time with standardized operating procedures," said Yayah Tunis on national TV.

"These include family participation in the burial process which will not delay bodies in homes. Muslim and Christian services to be conducted a little far off from the grave sites by Imams and pastors, and families now have the option to bury bodies in coffins," he said.

"We would now react promptly to all calls as 14 trained burial teams are now positioned in the Western Area (which includes the capital) while five burial teams each are in the district headquarter towns. About 12 persons make up the burial teams including grave diggers and sprayers," said Tunis.

He said the work of the burial teams are now being complimented by the Sierra Leone Red Cross which is providing auxiliary services.

Health officials said that since the outbreak of the disease, no member of the burial teams has been infected by the virus.