Dakar, Rabi'II 6, 1436, Jan 26, 2015, SPA -- Senegal on Monday re-opened its land border with Guinea amid signs that the infection rate of the Ebola virus had slowed in West Africa. The move comes 11 days after the United Nations special envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, announced that the Ebola outbreak was slowing down in the region. The border closure was lifted after Guinea had made "significant efforts ... to counter the Ebola epidemic," dpa quoted the Senegalese Interior Ministry as saying in a statement. Senegal will, however, continue to perform health checks at all border posts. Worldwide, the number of infected people has reached 21,724 worldwide, with more than 8,600 deaths. --SPA 20:12 LOCAL TIME 17:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w