Ebola frontline workers missing wages as outbreak spreads ‘exponentially’
- Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, afraid she will contract the virus and pass it to her family and friends.
- “More and more confirmed cases are being admitted here … Some of our colleagues have died,” said Kabundo.
- “We fear that, despite our vigilance, workplace accidents may occur and put us in ever greater danger … We go to sleep already worrying about the days ahead, as patients continue to pour in.
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- Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, afraid she will contract the virus and pass it to her family and friends.
- “More and more confirmed cases are being admitted here … Some of our colleagues have died,” said Kabundo.
- “We fear that, despite our vigilance, workplace accidents may occur and put us in ever greater danger … We go to sleep already worrying about the days ahead, as patients continue to pour in.
Sources: Guardian