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