An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Ambulance workers have to wear protective clothing and dare not touch victims. Their job is to transport the sick and bury the dead. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Ambulance workers have to wear protective clothing and dare not touch victims. Their job is to transport the sick and bury the dead. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: burial of a victim. Ambulance workers have to wear protective clothing and dare not touch victims. Their job is to transport the sick and bury the dead. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: A woman and child suspected of carrying the virus are sprayed with bleach. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: A woman hands over her child to the ambulance team. Ambulance workers have to wear protective clothing and dare not touch victims. Their job is to transport the sick and bury the dead. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Ebola patients and suspected sufferers are housed in isolated wards. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: A woman collapses before being screened for the virus. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Lilly (8) probably caught the virus from her grandmother, who died of Ebola. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Pierre Rollin, scientist at the Center for Disease Control, screens blood for the virus. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Ambulance workers disinfect a body with bleach before burial. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: Traditional funeral ceremonies cannot be allowed for fear of the corpse infecting other family members. Families may request a home burial and prepare a grave, but may not handle the body. Clothes and bedding of the deceased are burned. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.

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