An American doctor infected with Ebola in Liberia “seems to be improving,” according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It’s encouraging that he seems to be improving,” Thomas Frieden said of Dr. Kent Brantly on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “That is really important, and we are hoping he will continue to improve.”
The Christian charity that employs Brantly confirmed Sunday that the 33-year-old doctor received a dose of an experimental serum before leaving Liberia.
“We praise God for the news that Kent’s condition is improving,” said a Sunday statement from Samaritan’s Purse.
Brantly, the first known patient with the deadly virus to be treated on U.S. soil, landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia on Saturday and was quickly rushed to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital.
He’s one of two Americans sickened by the deadly viral hemorrhagic fever last month while on the front lines of a major outbreak in West Africa.
Video from Emory showed someone in a white, full-body protective suit helping a similarly clad person emerge from the ambulance and walk into the hospital. CNN
