Video: Ebola hits African economies hard

Volunteers lower a corpse, which is prepared with safe burial practices to ensure it does not pose a health risk to others and stop the chain of person-to-person transmission of Ebola, into a grave in Kailahun. Picture: WHO/Tarik Jasarevic/Handout via Reuters

Volunteers lower a corpse, which is prepared with safe burial practices to ensure it does not pose a health risk to others and stop the chain of person-to-person transmission of Ebola, into a grave in Kailahun. Picture: WHO/Tarik Jasarevic/Handout via Reuters

Published Aug 11, 2014

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The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is having an impact on the region's economies.

Nearly a thousand people have died and the disease is hurting trade with other countries.

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