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Police fire shots in air to disperse angry crowds at DR Congo Ebola treatment centre
Key takeaways
- Sunday's unrest continued throughout the day, the reporters said.
- The treatment centre, in a hospital compound, was the same place that was targeted overnight on Friday into Saturday, when an isolation tent was set ablaze.
- The body of a dead Ebola victim is highly infectious and can lead to the virus spreading further when prepared for burial.
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Emery Makumeno,BBC Africa, Kinshasaand Hafsa Khalil Reuters Health workers handling the bodies of people suspected to have died from Ebola have to be very careful in order to prevent further infections Police in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired shots in the air after angry crowds attempted to reclaim the bodies of loved ones who had died at an Ebola treatment centre in Mongwalu, two local journalists told the BBC.
Sunday's unrest continued throughout the day, the reporters said.
The treatment centre, in a hospital compound, was the same place that was targeted overnight on Friday into Saturday, when an isolation tent was set ablaze.
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