The African country of Senegal has reopened its land border with Ebola-ravaged Guinea as new cases of the virus appear to be on the decline.
The AFP noted that a statement cited by the Senegalese Press said after "significant efforts" combating Ebola, the border has reopened so products can "move freely by land between the two countries."
Reuters reported that an air and maritime ban with the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak were lifted this past November.
"The decision to open the border follows meetings between Senegalese and Guinean authorities, in the course of which the important efforts made by the sister republic of Guinea to fight the Ebola virus were noted," Senegal’s Interior Ministry said.
Data from the World Health Organization has showed a decline in recent weeks of the often-fatal hemorrhagic fever.
Since the outbreak began last year, around 13,000 cases have been confirmed and more than 8,600 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, have died as a result of the disease.