A doctor who contracted Ebola while treating gravely ill patients in Liberia is due to walk out of hospital today after recovering from the deadly disease.
Dr Kent Brantly, 33,and his colleague, aid worker Nancy Writebol, 59, have been cleared for release from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, their charity spokesman said today.
Dr Brantly would be released on Thursday but an exact time is yet to be confirmed. Details of when Mrs Writebol will be discharged from hospital will be released on Thursday.
Doctors at Emory said that Dr Brantly's blood tests have come back negative for the virus.
It is a remarkable turn around for Dr Brantly as, according to reports, the doctor's condition had deteriorated so rapidly in Africa that doctors decided to give him experimental drug ZMapp as a last attempt to save his life.
Within an hour of receiving the drug, Dr Brantly's health improved but it is unclear whether it was because of the medication.
Dr Kent Brantly, pictured working at an Ebola treatment clinic in Foya, Liberia, in June. He is due to be discharged from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Thursday
Brantly and Nancy Writebol (pictured) were flown out of the west African nation of Liberia earlier this month.
Dr Brantly was pictured on August 2 walking out of an ambulance at the Georgia hospital wearing a full hazmat suit after being flown in from Liberia.
Medical workers roll patient Nancy Writebol, the second American aid worker infected with Ebola, into Emory University Hospital on August 5.
Dr Brantly (pictured left with his wife Amber) has recovered from Ebola. David Writebol (right) visited his wife at Emory earlier this week
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