American Ebola patient discharged from NIH

The American aid worker undergoing treatment for Ebola has been discharged from the hospital, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Thursday.

The patient, who became infected volunteering in West Africa, is “no longer contagious to the community,” the NIH said in a statement.

{mosads}The patient had been airlifted from Sierra Leone on March 13, shortly after being diagnosed with the deadly disease.

Over the last month, the patient has received treatment from a team of specialized doctors, going from “serious condition” to “good condition” this week.

The NIH has now successfully treated two patients for Ebola since the outbreak began last year. The first patient, who became infected while treating another patient in a Dallas hospital, was discharged in October.

A total of 10 people have previously been treated for Ebola in the United States; eight recovered from the disease.  

The latest patient, whose identity has not been disclosed, had been volunteering with a Boston-based charity called Partners in Health.

More than 25,000 people have been infected with Ebola in three West African countries: Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Nearly 11,000 have died, according to data from the World Health Organization.