Ebola diary: burials go on as Christmas is 'cancelled' in Sierra Leone
After a week in west Africa, Sarah Boseley concludes that not enough is yet known
Family and friends of a man who died of suspected Ebola gather outside his house. Photograph: Sarah Boseley
Mourners pray before the body of a suspected Ebola victim is taken away for burial. Photograph: Sarah Boseley
Sarah Boseley-Sunday 14 December 2014
about the virus, except that it must be eradicated
Day seven
A large group of men, women and children, all in their best clothes, is gathered in the yard of a house in Wellington, an Ebola-hit western area of Freetown. The dresses and headscarves are bright but the faces are sombre.
Alie Kamara, the owner of the house, died this morning and lies inside. He will be buried within a few hours. The manner of his burial is difficult for this community, just as it would be for friends and relatives in any town anywhere in the world.
