Two American aid workers infected with the Ebola virus have been discharged from a hospital in Atlanta.
Doctors at Emory University say Kent Brantley and Nancy Writebol have been fully cured, and pose no threat to society.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The announcement comes as spectacular news for the two Americans who were airlifted from West Africa, where they contracted the Ebola virus, last month.
Dr. Brantley - a medical missionary in Liberia with the evangelical organization Samaritan's Purse - says his recovery is a gift from God.
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Surgeons revealed that the other patient successful treated, Nancy Writebol, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
She made no public comments, but in a written statement thanked the team at Emory University Hospital for successfully treating the virus.
It was a controversial decision when the two patients were flown to Atlanta from West Africa, sparking fears that Ebola could spread in the United States.
Held in isolation from the moment they stepped aboard the aircraft that brought them to America, the hospital's medical director Dr. Bruce Ribner hailed their successful treatment….and suggested a lesson for the public lies therein.
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Dr. Brantley told reporters that he now plans - as he put it - to "slip away" and spend private time with his family, before speaking further about his experiences as an Ebola survivor.
He did not indicate whether he plans to return to West Africa, where his missionary work awaits him.
But he did urge the public to keep Ebola victims in the region in mind and in their prayers, as they try to overcome a disease with a reported mortality rate of 70 per cent.