Burial teams strain under Congo’s expanding Ebola crisis.

Burial workers in Ituri province are overwhelmed as they manage daily Ebola burials amid rising deaths and community anger over restricted rites. Teams face attacks from grieving families who are barred from traditional practices because Ebola bodies remain highly infectious. The outbreak is spreading across six provinces, worsened by rebel violence, weak health systems and the lack of an approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain. Despite exhaustion and fear, workers say they must continue their duties as responders struggle to contain a crisis far larger than official counts suggest.

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