Ebola victims are being left on Sierra Leone's streets because of a strike by burial teams, according to media in the country.
The workers, who arguably have one of the world's most dangerous jobs, complain they have not been paid.
The situation is "very embarrassing", said health ministry spokesman Sidie Yahya Tunis.
He promised money was available for the workers.
Sky's Alex Crawford saw first-hand the extreme precautions burial teams in the region have to take as they retrieve corpses.
Six hundred people have died from the virus in Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organisation, and more than 3,400 in total.
The deadly virus has swept through West African countries Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
A Spanish nurse continues to be treated in a Madrid hospital after becoming the first person outside Africa to contract ebola.
Two of the four other people also quarantined at the hospital have tested negative.
In Britain, David Cameron is to chair a meeting of the COBRA emergency committee as four hospitals stand by to handle any UK cases.
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