NBC Freelance Photographer Has Been Declared Ebola-Free

Ashoka Mukpo, the NBC freelance photographer who contracted Ebola in Liberia weeks ago, was officially declared Ebola-free tonight by the hospital treating him:

BREAKING: NBC News freelance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo has been declared Ebola free, hospital says

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 21, 2014

Mukpo tweeted the good news out just moments ago:

Just got my results. 3 consecutive days negative. Ebola free and feeling so blessed. I fought and won, with lots of help. Amazing feeling

— ashoka (@unkyoka) October 21, 2014

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.

— ashoka (@unkyoka) October 21, 2014

Still thinking about those nurses. Look forward to the day you two get news like this too…

— ashoka (@unkyoka) October 21, 2014

Yesterday Mukpo was tweeting about his hospital stay and how he wasn’t completely sure how he contracted the virus.

[image via Ashoka Mukpo/Twitter]

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