33-year-old NBC News cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo (pictured) tested positive for Ebola while working in Liberia but has now been cured
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NBC cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo has been officially cleared of the Ebola virus after contracting the disease in Liberia
An American journalist who was infected with Ebola while on official duty in Liberia has been declared free of the disease.
NBC cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo was reporting from Liberia with Dr. Nancy Snyderman when he became symptomatic and was officially diagnosed with the disease on October 2. More after the cut...
Mukpo was treated with experimental drug, brincidofovir and also received a blood transfusion from survivor, Dr. Kent Brantly.
The cameraman tweeted on Tuesday, October 21:
"The knowledge that there's no more virus in my blood is a profound relief,'' "I'm so lucky. Wish everyone who got sick could feel this.''
"Recovering from Ebola is a truly humbling feeling," "Too many are not as fortunate and lucky as I've been. I'm very happy to be alive."
He also added that he has no idea how he got infected but he doesn’t regret going to Liberia.
Mukpo is one of eight Americans to be diagnosed with Ebola, all of whom have survived.
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