Ebola continues to spread with the recent infections in Spain and the United States, but we really need to #PrayForLiberia which has recorded the worst casualties. According to WHO, the death toll from the Ebola Virus outbreak has risen to 4,033. Following this news, these heartbreaking photos have surfaced online showing the pain and grief of Ebola victims in Liberia.
Above is the body of a young lady, Nama Fambule in a photo taken by photographer John Moore for Getty Images as he covered the heartbreaking circumstances of her corpse being taken away for disposal by health workers after she died on suspicion of Ebola.
More photos below show the mother crying with her grandchildren, the children of the dead Nama, crying beside her.
Nama's sister is wailing inconsolably knowing full well that her dead sister will be burnt to ashes as is the procedure for Ebola victims. Even her husband weeps inconsolably.
Dailymail reports that the family insists the lady did not die of Ebola but from a year-long protracted illness. Liberian health authorities are not taking chances because most grieving relatives have been known to lie about cause of death so that the corpse of their loved ones will escape being burnt.
A woman crawls toward the body of her sister as an Ebola burial team takes it away for cremation.
The dead woman was a market vendor, who collapsed and died outside her home in Monrovia, Liberia, while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. Above, her sister is seen grieving on the ground following the burial team’s departure.
The late woman’s mother, Sophia Doe (right), and her young grand daughters weep as her daughter’s remains are removed for cremation on Saturday.
In this image, her husband, Varney Jonson, 46, is seen crying out in pain as crews – donning white overalls, gloves and goggles – transport the body of his wife, Nama Fambule, to a crematorium following a year-long illness that he insists was not Ebola-related.
As the proper burial of loved ones is so important in Liberian culture, the removal of infected bodies for incineration is all the more traumatic for surviving family members. Many relatives attempt to convince burial teams to leave the bodies behind.
A woman grieves as Ebola burial team members arrive to take away the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation
Ebola is striking all ages.Another photo shows crews removing the body of a four-year-old girl, wrapped in a blanket, from an apartment.
A Liberian policeman is pictured watching as an Ebola burial team prepares to take away the body of Ms Nagbe.
#PRAYFORLIBERIAPhoto Credit: John Moore and Mohammed Elshamy for Getty Images.
Photo Source: DailyMail UK
So sad!
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