Two American aid workers treated at a Georgia hospital for three weeks after becoming infected with the deadly Ebola virus have recovered and now pose no health risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, called Thursday a “miraculous day” in a brief statement made to reporters before leaving to spend time with his family at an undisclosed location.
Today is a miraculous day. I am thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family.Dr. Kent Brantly
“I am thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family. As a medical missionary I never imagined myself in this position,” Brantly said.
Brantly and his wife stood holding hands before he read from a written statement. He choked up several times while thanking his aid group, North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse, and the Emory medical team standing behind them.
Brantly said the hospital where he was working got its first Ebola patient in June, and then the number of patients increased steadily. Health workers took precautions, Brantly said, but on July 23, “I woke up feeling under the weather, and then my life took an unexpected turn as I was diagnosed with Ebola virus disease.”
He had taken his wife and children to the airport three days earlier. Meanwhile, he said, he got sicker and weaker by the day. Brantly was flown out of Liberia on Aug. 2, and 59-year-old aid worker Nancy Writebol followed Aug. 5.
Read Remarks Read by Dr. Kent Brantly Upon Discharge
After speaking, the couple hugged the medical staff and joked with them. Several blinked back tears, then cheered and applauded as Brantly and his wife made their way from the room.
Officials said Writebol was discharged Tuesday and requested privacy following her recovery.
Writebol’s husband, David, said in a statement that Nancy “was greatly encouraged knowing that there were so many people around the world lifting prayers to God for her return to health. Her departure from the hospital, free of the disease, is powerful testimony to God’s sustaining grace in time of need.”
The CDC said Thursday there is no public health concern with the release of the patients and that they no longer have Ebola in their blood. Further, there are no restrictions to the patients’ activities of daily living.
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