gatherings iran's death toll has risen by more than 102 at least 720 for its single biggest jump in desk many rainy and not official advice to stay at home holes to senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease in other news an explosion oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 16 people and destroyed dozens of buildings emergency workers say it happened because a truck caught fire near a pipeline and the 1st man ever to be convicted by the international criminal court has been released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the capital kinshasa. those are the headlines on al jazeera rewind is coming up next stay with us with the plummeting bath rate and families moving to the cities south korea's rules schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on al-jazeera.

hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and ill equipped health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the dead and we're talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film liberia living with ebola.

ebola is named after a river a force of nature it flows through countries and it feeds like we had drawn me. the border outbreak in west africa claimed its 1st victim in a small village in cells on guinea. fish and 0 was a 2 year old boy but how he caught the disease is still a mystery for moron's us the disease for it no one knew what it was in march the war health organization or w.h.o. announced that the disease was ebola but by then it's had already infected almost 100 people and was. it's weird to neighboring liberia and sierra leone. w.h.o. declared the outbreak a need to national emergency today the disease has reached epidemic proportions bringing affected countries in west africa to their knees and spreading to the u.s.

and europe. i have come to liberia where. most victims. of this catastrophe count break 2 days before. the 1st case of people in the u.s. have been confined for months to. 3 now the whole world was peopled by fear. i have come to me to me as a local journalist who will be joining me a sign vest to get the reality of fighting the most deadly outbreak of this disease and its recorded history i asked me what you thought of the government's handling of the crises sometimes i would tell you the government did think here only one moment people were dying poor people were dying but when this guy from the finance ministry had died yes when the government buckle up we are seeing mass i'm going to form this task force that was announced july 26th yes that when people would

die by this every way the people few the government have found a them. yes the government isn't doing anything money that comes out tomorrow when the money suddenly i agree but some people are equally very critical about the international community what's your take about their response their wessel slow in coming mandate just they did their rabble 3000. what happened in july yes in liberia alone almost 3000 people have died with over 6500 reported infections across west africa almost 5000 dead and almost 14000 infected. the next day we joined the liberian red cross who are responsible for collecting dead bodies throughout the capital city of monrovia. these burial team started in one of the most dangerous jobs in

liberia and must we have protective clothing people for their own safety this is not just an account of that body this is a disease there are protocols that you must while he was away or people properly you must have a spread of this 3rd the immediate environment this if at the border before the team moved in. those that are picking the borders we are also very concerned about them that if you don't follow the protocol properly you could be infected could be a victim of the sit with them. if we the people would move. over to move into something. the 1st collection of the day a younger man on the outskirts of the seat he's body left at this out house.

with. my. hands still. a ball it's one of the world's most deadly diseases they snore vaccine or cure it is transmitted through bodily fluids and this most contagious after the test of the victim one mistake. can cost any or all of these workers their lives. nearby i found robert the younger brother of the dead man we were so so sorry about your loss. what really happened. you can go to hospital ignores with the war going to movies the food. they didn't allow you to ask you to know why not . and you have been handling him.

here. i became deeply worried for this young man against greek government advice robot heart physical contact with the sick brother and even carried a dead body outside it is one of the worst things about this disease do we need to tax those given care every road that can terrorists seek simply a mother can't hold her sick child. this family will need to be monitored for 21 days a bullet maximum incubation period but for the burial team their d. has only just started by mid-afternoon their pickup truck was tracked with bodies and only switch to recriminate area. this is it this is it for people who die of ebola here in liberia once they are driven through those gates into the commentary on that city disappear into thin air no

reach whilst no ceremonies and this is very difficult for us africans because we are not used to burn in our loved ones we would bury them and put them in marked with so that we keep the memories alive but right now it is so clear to me that not only is ebola killing our loved ones but it's really killing our cultures and traditions. before leaving i spoke to robert f. . member of the burial team he is one of the heroes in this war every day he risked his life and he's doing it for no payment as a way philanthropy when you record in the war he must not be who i mean a so as to. give my. own people see not listen to this if. we hear that a lot of people who are working with victims or the dead are being stigmatized have

you had that kind of experience and my house. as a. citizen. if a border lies to be beaten it will all in law to the correct answer for a service of people like robert but while he and his team are tending to the dead others are fighting to keep people alive. mid-season frontin have been fighting it pooler since the early days of the outbreak these plays east are called ebola treatment units. it is where people with ebola must go to be cared for and isolated. these patients arriving with symptoms suspected to be buller can only be treated by workers in full protective clothing everyone else must remain at a safe distance to watch mostly to feed like to be treated as such

a threat. but the protocols are there for good reason the majority of patients do not leave to walk out. but it is not all bad news from the e.t.a. use this young lady arrived here just a few weeks ago suffering acutely with the disease but she survived and is now a volunteer. and if you hear any of field. it's a segment fired up tonight because we have the best and some fear being. thrown 10 pools. you get even feed it be the model of the buddhist with the middle just coming coming come live with. live one just time if we get the no no no no no no. you guys if you're leaving the bathroom

you would. be coming back into town and how can you stand you and i understand would call the border the above we would understand. i never really thought. that people can still find this place when i said i get mr armstrong. i willing to risk life even with a decent gas in my face. for those who survive currently 40 percent of patients at the city you they develop immunity though for how long we do not know but for every survivor there are more dying and drew is the assistant medical team leader he's causing had just died during the previous night. i was on my way here this morning. i wasn't feeling good but then when i got here i. realized i have passed during the night he didn't make it. it doesn't care who you are wants to contact the disease. i mean if you believe fine

but we are dying that's it that's just we have. a devastating side of this outbreak has been the huge number of infections and deaths among the brave men and women working at this use in liberia alone over 100 of them have perished. while stuff here continue to their work or was not well as they were the government run 18 years after health workers had announced a strike medical staff were promised increased pay for risking their lives but the pay increases were reduced for years health workers have been fighting the government over bad working conditions lack of equipment and. saw serious is this but the leaders of the national health workers as you see a show on our own the room without benefit of the elaborate people who sit in the

obviousness and make decisions against the government 3 seek to position where they can get is are they afraid that with a while in the bill. so they don't yet how many of you agree with what he say. that this is a period when liberia needs everyone its resources its people you know the right time for you guys to go on strike we asked us in our lives to see our presence as their army and what do you we are what you would you think that we do inside what we would that we are with you don't you know. that there are reports that money is being given by the international community by on the governments in the west to help what do you guys think the government is doing with that money i was sure that a lot over you but i won't disappoint that have were cause debbie is your blood and stuff 231 of our you know we that linda that the when we are the only one here

what are your goals for. ebola has exposed to terrible weakness of liberia's health care system but he says also exposed the libyan people's deep mistrust of their own government and you can see why these audit reports of the ministry of health highlights many financial description sees yet nothing is seen to be dawn and liberia's president ellen johnson sirleaf is viewed by many here we do as much contempt as many of africa's most corrupt leaders despite her high international standing we try to interview the president to discuss the claims made against her government but it didn't happen for most liberians including me failure of leadership is what they expect this country has experienced to civil wars in the last 20 years alone and watching me go home in the evening to tutor her 12 year old

daughter it was another stack reminder of the challenges facing this country and its people when i quote where i come back even in front. i am i still have to tutor my daughter and me the children most as visionary goes they are good time is growing when i pass it for one year in a don't go to school after the war we have met if we built this system. and then the buddha has calmed down again so this is there is completely broken down when are we going to pick up our book on pieces for me miss what's he to close to home my own country sell you one has also been deeply affected by ebola and as badly recovered from its own civil war in the ninety's the diseases breed on the weakness of omniscience a weakness that has left us pleading for help to the international community after a long and much criticized silence these pleas were finally had we spoke to the

country representative of the world health organization it's true that the the rule of the act of late but the world started to react in august definitely in september but i would say since i came 6 weeks ago here and i have seen a tremendous change in terms of the response it's ramping up very rapidly right. how do we see on t v how do you want to go numb i really believe myself to trust the government even go through the government just like with any other party they would have to enter an agreement everybody has to show the invoices and we in the end have to show that to our daughter you know what is eat that you think is standing in the way off of the fight against people here the one thing that will end the outbreak is that when somebody doesn't feel well. knew or she wants to protect his or her

loved ones and says i want to step out of my home i need to step out of my community and to go through. he's. taken care of but i want to make absolutely sure that i don't affect my faith. that is going to open the success of our our common effort. that come on air force continues a piece we joined on the investigation team who respond to emergency course they have been called to one of the city's most densely populated areas the sort of place where the bullet strikes we were told that a suspected ebola victim was on the roof of this building but that he was attempting to run a week. for him for a while but i mean that you know now that. i feel. that. the depth of mistrust towards the

government means many liberians continue to resist official advice when the outbreak started most people here believed it was a government scam to steal money the impact of the bomb and denial has been catastrophic after questioning that it was clear the young man displayed ebola seemed to. us a suspected case he will be forcibly taken to an untested. when your mill will sit in no time vomiting from this morning all of the work even you know if this mystery of all of you work on that will bring in the wood curing all of our fears will know that we're here for rwanda was going through we have put it in the country or it's shut down because of this if we're this country right now i mean after that both. die and live up being one of the lead us.

this is a disgrace to africa. the collapse of almost the entire health care system has devastated. the country even the country's largest hospital j.f.k. is barely functioning. we came upon a protest about the death of a young woman called lucky to fall who were died of an asthma attack at j.f.k. after hospital staff refused to treat until she had been fully tested for ebola. nucky tasty daughter for an elected member of parliament edward 4 but even he's part couldn't help. the funeral on the 10th of october was a stack contrast to the on ceremonial scrimmage shown that a way to most dead in the city both these was clearly no consolation for the devastated family i took out of it year field hospital but the one that called for they want to use the word i when i fly because of the fear for your wallet.

health or in my arms i went to the emergency area. around out of breath a lot on the ground and asked where she lived and died after one hour. on a interest or it was 1st when the rain was restless and with a verse on i wish she'd died and their consciences the most they must stand up to what they did they killed my brother the institution killed my daughter because meant kill my daughter the death of young liberians like nikita reveals to he didn't impact of this terrible outbreak she was not infected by a bullet but it killed had known the lace. edward was at least able to bury his daughter and have a few neurons most of the believed here will never have dot com front i went to check up on the family of the deceased man the burial team collected on our 1st date i was worried for the younger brother robert who had cared for his brother and

carried his dead body when i arrived i was relieved to find he hadn't fallen sick there were sounds that if it looks like it should not. touch him. being. afraid. to. be. feeding. you're going to look. normal because the new school i go to the study. the cruelty of the bull is how it's presented unnatural humanity just how many more families will suffer the same feat is yet to be seen. in the national war knew what the ball i was but bury it

a little there where they have system of guinea liberia and sutherland did not have the capacity to deal with this situation now and the disease in europe isn't america is going all over it were they are now coming because the seat of gravity in my life is in my life my disease is strike we should come together and why did. the born outbreak has exposed to many difficult truths a border that coach the world flood through to here it is expose not only do weakness of the health care system but also the deep anger and mistrust of the people for their own government the mistrust born of decades of corruption that seems to be continued to this day for me the real damage is to call the barrier of fear it creates between people fear of a table disease that can kill in days fear of a disease that needs to be stopped liberia living it with ebola and i'm pleased to say i'm joined here in the al-jazeera studios by the very man who made that film

sorious samura welcome lovely to have you with us with some film tell me about making it given my experience in africa you know to see more and more people are just dying all over the place it was very very traumatic and especially when you know that the world could have done something more something better to help those in need and you go back to your comfortable home where it haunts you yeah. and what about some of the people in the film can you tell us any updates on there was the young lady salome. she was one force in by cart that actually put the fear of a bullet in me when she described what she went through during that period but then this woman survived and didn't already survived said you know what to give something back and she went to m.s.f. and started working helping it wallah victims because they realized that she would not only would i get to know and they need to see someone as well who survived they

need to see that you can get through she really had lee attitude and everything to get through exactly she give people confidence and belief and now here is the sad thing that happened you know. cup almost a couple of years down the line she got pregnant and she went to give us and some. you know she had some complications and they brought her in for treatment and they realize you know people remember this was the woman we saw in that film this was the woman that time magazine cover it she had a bullet she's i mean will i survive or no way if we talk you know we will get a ball and so we're left to richard pointed out it's true exactly but do people in liberia know that in fact this was because he's a health care workers and this is why i think we always live in a hurry because it looks like even the health workers have not been educated enough this is the time that i would love to ask questions to hold the governments to

account so she gave birth she had the baby this woman had a baby but died because they nobody would touch her because she needed an operation and they thought she is an ebola survivor we cannot touch fleeted we cannot play with her blood we might get ebola and these people who are health workers now if health workers can behave like that what about those at home so i think this is where it is important to have a program like this for us to rewind and see where it went wrong and hopefully just turn things around and change it for the future when i think we all let the people of liberia and the people of that's a bridge on guinea and sierra leone down and i think now we have left to ali. it has been fascinating talking here really has thank you so much for coming in there appreciate it thank you so much for having me.

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