00:02Dozens of people working at an Ebola treatment center in Northeast Congo went on strike Monday over unpaid salaries.
00:10The hospital was shuttered by protesting staff who blocked the road leading to the medical facility and burned tires in
00:17front of the main gate.
00:20We are burying people who have been in their homes for four days and you can clearly see they died
00:26from Ebola.
00:26We are burying people in plastic bags to protect ourselves.
00:31Now they are coming from Kinshasa claiming to be the bosses and staying in hotels.
00:36They eat well. They sleep well.
00:39Don't even know what's happening on the ground.
00:41The other day someone in the community punched me.
00:45I lost my tooth. We have to find a solution.
00:52The striking staff include epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers and grave diggers who say they have not been paid by the
01:00Congolese authorities.
01:02Some of the centers, health workers and those working on the ground began striking last week, accusing the authorities of
01:09neglecting their plight.
01:12I work in risk communication and community engagement. We work in the community. We haven't been paid. It's been 45
01:20days. As they said, with great bitterness, we haven't been paid.
01:31Congo declared an Ebola outbreak on May 15, after the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection, according
01:39to the World Health Organization.
01:41The latest outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibujo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.
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