EBOLA: Read What Liberia Is Doing To Tackle The Dreaded Disease

Liberia has officially reopened its border with Sierra Leone and other African nations, and lifted its nationwide curfews after several months of closure due to the Ebola outbreak, the BBC reports.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Sunday ordered the lifting of the nationwide Ebola curfew put in place in August to prevent the further spread of the virus. Sirleaf also ordered the opening of the country’s borders with its West African neighbours.

Tolbert Nyenswah, the assistant minister of health for preventive services and head of the country’s Ebola response, said Liberia is returning to a more normal state in light of the recent decline in the number of Ebola cases and the reopening of schools.

“We are seeing some light after the massive Ebola crisis here. Things are improving. And so, the economy of the country has to restart, the president has lifted the curfew, and kids have to go back to school. And so, these are all activities that indicate [we’re] moving toward normality,” Nyenswah is quoted as saying by Voice of America.

Nyenswah noted that if Liberia reports a single case of Ebola per day, that means the disease is still in the country.

“Every single case that is reported in Liberia now is on the contact list. In the past 21 days, we’ve seen only 14 Ebola cases as compared to 70 to 100 cases in the month of August. Our team is robust in the response together with our international partners, including the US government. So, we are optimistic we will get to zero [cases] soon,” he added.