Liberia announced it will open up a slum in its capital where thousands of people were contained to contain the spread of Ebola, reports US News & World Report.

According to Information Minister Lewis Brown, lifting the quarantine will not mean there is no Ebola in the West Point Slum. However authorities say they are confident they can screen for the sick and that the community now battling the disease.

It is a slum of 50,000 people in Liberia’s capital and it had been sealed off for more than a week, sparking unrest and leaving many without access to food or safe water.