BC reporter says.
However, the picture is still unclear, as there are also reports of workers heeding the strike call, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Liberia says.
The National Health Workers Association wants an increase in the monthly risk fee paid to those treating Ebola cases.
Liberia is worst-affected by the deadliest ever Ebola outbreak.
The disease has killed more than 4,000 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria since it was identified in March.
World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak threatened the “very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries”.
“I have never seen an infectious disease contribute so strongly to potential state failure,” she said in a speech delivered on her behalf at a health conference in the Philippines.
In the US, President Barack Obama has directed more steps to be taken to ensure high safety procedures when dealing with suspected Ebola patients after a health worker treating an Ebola victim caught the virus.
In Liberia, 95 health workers have so far died from Ebola, and the National Health Workers Association has accused the government of not doing enough to protect them.
The association called the strike to demand a risk fee of $700 (£434) a month; it is currently less than $500 a month, on top of basic salaries of between $200-$300.
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However, the picture is still unclear, as there are also reports of workers heeding the strike call, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Liberia says.
The National Health Workers Association wants an increase in the monthly risk fee paid to those treating Ebola cases.
Liberia is worst-affected by the deadliest ever Ebola outbreak.
The disease has killed more than 4,000 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria since it was identified in March.
World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak threatened the “very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries”.
“I have never seen an infectious disease contribute so strongly to potential state failure,” she said in a speech delivered on her behalf at a health conference in the Philippines.
In the US, President Barack Obama has directed more steps to be taken to ensure high safety procedures when dealing with suspected Ebola patients after a health worker treating an Ebola victim caught the virus.
In Liberia, 95 health workers have so far died from Ebola, and the National Health Workers Association has accused the government of not doing enough to protect them.
The association called the strike to demand a risk fee of $700 (£434) a month; it is currently less than $500 a month, on top of basic salaries of between $200-$300.
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