1. Wrapped in Plastic: Preparing for EbolaVerpackt in Plastik: Vorbereitung auf Ebola

2. Wrapped in Plastic: Preparing for EbolaVerpackt in Plastik: Vorbereitung auf EbolaAs several African nations struggle to contain outbreaks of the deadly Ebolavirus, and other countries ready themselves for any possible spread, imagesof healthcare workers wrapped in colorful personal protective equipmenthave become symbolic of the fight against the disease. In Liberia, SierraLeone, and Guinea, local health providers and international volunteersprotect themselves as best as they can, while caring for the sick and dyingand disposing of infected belongings. In other countries, health professionalsare making plans, preparing to handle any possible Ebola cases, anddemonstrating their methods and protective gear for the press andgovernment officials.Mehrere afrikanische Staaten kmpfen darum Ausbrche des tdlichenEbola-Virus einzudmmen, und andere Lnder bereiten sich fr jedemgliche Ausbreitung vor. Bilder der Mitarbeiter im Gesundheitswesen diesich in bunte persnliche Schutzausrstung gewickelt haben sindsymbolisch fr den Kampf gegen die Krankheit. In Liberia, Sierra Leone,Guinea schtzen sich die lokalen Gesundheitsanbieter und internationaleFreiwillig so gut wie sie knnen, bei der Pflege der Kranken undSterbenden und Entsorgung von infizierten Gegenstnden. In anderenLndern bereiten sich die Gesundheitsberufe mit Plnen, darauf vormgliche Ebola Flle zu behandeln und prsentieren ihre Methoden undSchutzausrstungen der Presse und Regierungsbeamten. 3. A health care worker of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital of Monrovia wearing a protective suit enters the high-risk area of the hospital, the surgical section whereEbola patients are being treated, on September 3, 2014. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images) 4. Nowa Paye, 9, is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of the Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia, on September 30, 2014.Threemembers of District 13 ambulance service traveled to the village to pickup six suspected Ebola sufferers that had been quarantined by villagers. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) 5. Ward physician Thomas Klotzkowski and doctor for tropicalmedicine Florian Steiner (left) wear protective suits as they walk in the quarantine station for patients with infectious diseases at the Charite hospital in Berlin onAugust 11, 2014. (Reuters/Thomas Peter) 6. Ward physician Thomas Klotzkowski cleans Doctor Florian Steiner in a disinfection chamber at the quarantine station for patients with infectious diseases at the Charite hospital in Berlinon August 11, 2014. The isolation ward is one of several centers in Germany equipped to treat patients suffering from Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. (Reuters/Thomas Peter) 7. A burial teamwearing protective clothes prepare an Ebola virus victimfor interment, in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, on September 27, 2014. (Reuters/Christopher Black/WHO) 8. Sanitized gloves and boots hang to dry as a burial teamcollects Ebola victims from a Ministry of Health treatment center for cremation on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. (JohnMoore/Getty Images) 9. A Spanish nurse infected with Ebola ismoved to Carlos III Hospital from Alcorcon Hospital on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had testedpositive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) 10. An ambulance carrying a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted the Ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest, leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid, Spain, on October 7, 2014. (APPhoto/Andres Kudacki) 11. Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. (Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images) 12. A health worker interviews a sick man after he arrived at a Ministry of Health treatment center for Ebola patients on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. (John Moore/Getty Images) 13. Italian Air Force soldiers attend a military exercise preparing to help people infected with the Ebola virus, at the Pratica di Mare Air Base, near Rome, on September 24, 2014. (Reuters/TonyGentile) 14. Czech military personnel wearing protective gear take part in a drill with a dummy in the Biological Defence Centre, a specializedmedical institution ensuring complete biological defense, in thevillage of Techonin, on August 11, 2014. The Biological DefenceDepartment is involved in the NATO biological defense system and is equipped for treatment of possible Ebola virus patients.(Reuters/David W Cerny) 15. Chinese quarantine officers board the Alpha Friendship, a bulk carrier carrying ore from Sierra Leone, for an inspection on August 19, 2014, as the ship berths in the quarantineanchorage waiting for its entry in the port at Qingdao. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) 16. Health workers in protective suits greet a woman who has come to deliver food to relatives at Island Hospital where people suffering from the Ebola virus are being treated inMonrovia, Liberia, on September 30, 2014. (Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images) 17. A visitor is decontaminated by a health worker at Island Hospital as he arrives to deliver food to relatives suffering from the Ebola virus in Monrovia on September 26, 2014.(Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images) 18. A researcher wearing protective gear works in the P4 European High Level Security Laboratory (EHLS) in Lyon, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) 19. A man pushes a wheelbarrow containing a woman thought to be a victimof the Ebola virus at the Ebola treatment center at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. (PascalGuyot/AFP/Getty Images) 20. Health inspection officers help a mock patient get into a negative-pressure isolation stretcher, during a drill to demonstrate the procedures of transporting an Ebola victim, at Shenzhen Entry-exitInspection and Quarantine Bureau, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, on August 14, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer) 21. Medical staff wearing sealed protective suits work during the arrival of an Ebola patient at the University Hospital Frankfurt in Germany on October 3, 2014. (Reuters/Ralph Orlowski) 22. Aid workers and doctors transfer Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Liberia, from a plane to an ambulance as he leaves the Torrejon de Ardozmilitary airbase,near Madrid, Spain, on August 7, 2014. (AP Photo/SpanishDefense Ministry) 23. A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on August 6, 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive forthe Ebola virus. Despite high mortality levels, Consultant Stephen Mepham advised against panic, stating that the chances ofmeeting an undiagnosed patient are virtually impossible withnext to no chance of catching the virus without exposure to the sufferer's bodily fluids. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) 24. Medical staffmembers burn clothes belonging to patients suffering from Ebola, at the international medical NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Monrovia, on September 27,2014. (Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images) 25. A medical staffmember of the Croix Rouge NGO disinfects his badge after collecting the corpse of a victimof Ebola in Monrovia on September 29, 2014. (Pascal Guyot/AFP/GettyImages) 26. A hazardousmaterial cleaner removes a wrapped item from the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, stayed last week, in Dallas, on October 6, 2014. Duncan hasbeen hospitalized at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since September 28. (AP Photo/LM Otero) 27. Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centers, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1,2014. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images) 28. Medical staff working with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) prepare to bring food to patients kept in an isolation area at the MSF Ebola treatment center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, on July20, 2014. (Reuters/Tommy Trenchard 29. Gloves and rubber boots forming part of the Ebola prevention gear for health workers are set outside for the sun to dry them after being washed in Monrovia on September 8, 2014. (APPhoto/Abbas Dulleh) 30. A healthworker sprays a man with disinfectant chemicals as he is suspected of dying due to the Ebola virus while people look on in Monrovia on September 4, 2014. (AP Photo/AbbasDulleh) 31. A doctor for tropicalmedicine wearing an isolation suit speaks to journalists during a demonstration for themedia of Ebola treatment capabilities at Station 59 at Charite hospital onAugust 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) 32. A paramedic from the fire department stands after showing themedia how to put on a protective suit, during a demonstration in Panama City, Panama, on October 2, 2014. TheMinistry of Health in Panama is providingmore protective suits for hospitals and airports, asmeasures against a possible Ebola outbreak, localmedia said. (Reuters/Carlos Jasso) 33. A burial teamfrom the Liberian Ministry of Health unloads bodies of Ebola victims onto a funeral pyre at a crematoriumon August 22, 2014 in Marshall, Liberia. (John Moore/GettyImages) 34. A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), health worker in protective clothing holds a child suspected of having Ebola in the MSF treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville,Liberia. The girl and her mother, showing symptoms of the deadly disease, were awaiting test results for the virus. The Ebola epidemic has killedmore than 3,400 people in WestAfrica, according to the World Health Organization. (John Moore/Getty Images) 35. All Photos were taken fromThe Atlantic