OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha hospital says an American video journalist is free of Ebola and will be released soon. 
 
 The Nebraska Medical Center said Tuesday afternoon that Ashoka Mukpo's blood tested negative for the virus. He will be allowed to leave a biocontainment unit on Wednesday. 
 
 Mukpo said in a statement that recovering from Ebola "is a truly humbling feeling." He also made several comments on Twitter. 
 
 Mukpo, of Providence, Rhode Island, has been treated at the Nebraska Medical Center since Oct. 6. He contracted Ebola while working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets. 
 
 He had tweeted that he's still not sure exactly how he caught the virus, but that he doesn't regret returning to Liberia in September to "help raise the alarm." ||||| Play Facebook 
 
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 Ashoka Mukpo, the cameraman diagnosed with Ebola while working in Liberia as a freelancer for NBC News, has been declared free of the virus and will be allowed to leave a biocontainment unit at the Nebraska Medical Center on Wednesday, the hospital said Tuesday. 
 
 A blood test confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Mukpo, 33 — one of eight Americans to have been diagnosed with Ebola — no longer has the virus in his bloodstream, the hospital said. It said he's free to head home to Rhode Island. "Recovering from Ebola is a truly humbling feeling," the hospital quoted Mukpo as saying. "Too many are not as fortunate and lucky as I've been. I'm very happy to be alive." 
 
 Worldwide, the worst outbreak of the virus on record is believed to have killed more than 4,500 people and to have infected more than 9,000 others, but recent therapies have started to help victims recover. The National Institutes of Health said Tuesday that Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse who was infected while caring for a Liberian man who died this month, has been upgraded to good condition. 
 
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 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 
 
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– A little more good news on Ebola, at least in the US: NBC journalist Ashoka Mukpo is free of the disease and will be released from a hospital in Omaha, reports AP. The Rhode Island native contracted the disease in Liberia while working as a freelance camera operator for the network and other media outlets. The 33-year-old returned to the US earlier this month for treatment. None of his colleagues showed symptoms, but one got into hot water for disregarding self-imposed isolation to grab takeout. "Recovering from Ebola is a truly humbling feeling," Mukpo is quoted as saying at NBC News. "Too many are not as fortunate and lucky as I've been. I'm very happy to be alive." The development follows news in Dallas that about 50 people who had contact with patient Thomas Duncan were in the clear. Elsewhere in the world, however, the disease has killed more than 4,500 and infected more than 9,000 others. Vaccine trials could start soon.