Dr Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia while working as a
missionary in the country will be released from
Atlanta's Emory University Hospital today August 21st after being successfully treated.
According to the spokesperson of the hospital, Vince
Dollard, Dr. Kent's blood samples came back negative for the virus
after undergoing proper screening for two days. Dr. Kent is expected to
give a statement regarding his discharge later today at a news
conference before leaving the hospital.
Dr. Kent and another US missionary Nancy
Writebol contracted the disease while working to fight the outbreak in
Liberia. After they contracted the disease they were taken to an
isolation unit at Emory University Hospital, where they were treated
with the experimental drug, ZMapp.
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