Polls opened Saturday morning in Liberia for a twice-delayed Senate vote amid concern the process could facilitate the spread of Ebola.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Sunday replaced her health minister as part of a broader Cabinet reshuffle amid widespread criticism of her government’s response to the country’s Ebola outbreak.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said enough progress has been made in the fight against Ebola to lift emergency measures.

Remembering those who have died in the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, Liberia’s president opened one of the country’s largest Ebola treatment centers in Monrovia on Friday amid hopes that the disease is finally on the decline in this West African country.

Presidents of several West African countries ravaged by Ebola pleaded for aid at the World Bank on Thursday as the U.S. military ramped up its efforts in Liberia, the country that has been hardest hit by the disease.