While several coffin makers in Bunia said they were providing a public service, the virus has put them at the center of a debate around safe burials.
Ebola Outbreak
While several coffin makers in Bunia said they were providing a public service, the virus has put them at the center of a debate around safe burials.
Since the resurgence of the Ebola virus, coffin sales have increased in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as deaths from the outbreak soar.Credit...
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By Matthew Mpoke Bigg
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