US AID Workers with Ebola Improved after receiving Untested Serum

Kent Brantly

Washington (Alliance News) - An American doctor suffering from Ebola was improving at an Atlanta hospital, officials said, as reports emerged Monday that he had received an experimental serum while still in Africa and near death.

The doctor, Kent Brantly, received a dose of an experimental serum before he left Liberia on Saturday, the Christian charity he was working for said in a statement.

Another American aid worker, Nancy Writebol, who also fell ill in Liberia after exposure to the Ebola virus, also received the serum, Samaritan's Purse said. Her condition has improved and she is due to be flown to the US on Tuesday.

PHOTOS: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS' HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (1st R) DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (1st L) DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WITH OTHER ECOWAS LEADERS DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (2ND L) WITH OTHER ECOWAS LEADERS DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) WITH PRESIDENT MOHAMMADOU ISSOUFOU OF NIGER REPUBLIC (M) AND OTHERS DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ARRIVING KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ACCRA FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ARRIVING KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ACCRA FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ACCRA, GHANA ON FRIDAY (30/5/14)

State House Photo

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO CONFER WITH OTHER AFRICAN LEADERS ON JOINT ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO CONFER WITH OTHER AFRICAN LEADERS ON JOINT ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will fly to Pretoria, South Africa Friday for high-level discussions with other African Heads of State and Government on combating terrorism in Africa.

The continent's five regions will each be represented by two heads of state and government at the talks which will focus on collective action to effectively roll-back the scourge of terrorism in Africa.

Others  expected at the talks which will take place ahead of President Jacob Zuma's inauguration for a new term in office include the leaders of Ghana, Republic of Congo, Chad, Angola, Rwanda, South Africa, Mauritania, Algeria and Ethiopia.

President Jonathan who will be accompanied by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali and some key aides will return to Abuja after attending President Zuma inauguration on Saturday.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
May 22, 2014