Liberian soldiers enforce quarantine order at gunpoint, volunteers paid 4 pounds to bury corpses

In Monrovia, Liberia, soldiers scan people for signs of the Ebola virus, as they control people from entering the West Point area of the city, where the quarantine is in place

 The continued spread of the Ebola virus in Liberia has led to quarantines being put in place in one of the worst affected areas. In Dolo Town, soldiers have created a weapon-guarded blockades to enforce a strict quarantine on some 20,000 residents living near to the international airport.

Families, who live in the West Point area of Monrovia, where the outbreak has been particularly bad, have been left desperate as they are banned from leaving the area to stock up on everyday supplies. 

The abandoned streets - including the usually-bustling shops, churches and market place - have become reminiscent of a ghost town, only seeing activity when hungry residents are allowed to stand behind a green rope and wait for their consignment of rice from the government.   

Meanwhile, volunteers are being paid four pounds per day to sterilize and bury the bodies of those who have died after contracting the deadly Ebola virus.

As the crisis continues to spread across West African countries, workers in Kenema, Sierra Leone, have been pictured donning special protective gear and face masks to carry out the harrowing tasks of safely burying the infected bodies in graveyards.

Rigorous quarantine measures have been put in place across the country to stop the spread of Ebola, which the World Health Organisation says has now affected more than 2,600 people worldwide. 

There is no cure for Ebola and outbreaks have a death rate of up to 90 per cent. The effects of the disease normally appear between two and 21 days after infection. It is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through person-to-person transmission.

Residents wash with chlorine water while lining up to receive a ration of nine cups of rice each at a distribution centre in Dolo Town, Liberia. Riots can sometimes break out as desperate residents try and get enough food for their families 

West Point residents stand behind a green string marking a holding area, as they wait for their ration of food to be handed out

American aid goods are loaded onto a truck after it arrived by aircraft. The food is given to those who are quarantined to halt the spread of the virus

A Liberian soldier working for the Ebola Task Force in Dolo Town stands to stop thousands of residents based near the international airport leaving the area, where a strict quarantine has been enforced by the government, in a bid to halt the spread of the virus

Thousands of residents from Dolo Town are being taken to government clinics to be tested. Here, a Liberian Ministry of Health worker checks people for Ebola symptoms at a checkpoint near the international airport 

A health worker helps a sick girl onto a truck to be taken to the county clinic for observation for possible Ebola. The virus is spreading across the country, causing widespread panic

Culled from DAILY MAIL