The interventions put in place by the World Health Organization include safe funeral procedures, designed to prevent Ebola contamination in the epicenter of the epidemic.
In fact, within the villages of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, it is customary to wash the body of the deceased before burial . This funeral rite, without special precautions, facilitates contact with body fluids contaminated by the Ebola virus, which remains vital for at least a full week after the patient's death.
Therefore, the subjects who died of Ebola must be prepared by personnel equipped with protective clothing and gloves, so they must be buried immediately.
