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Friday, October 24, 2014

Nina Pham,the Dallas nurse to contract Ebola is declared free of deadly virus

Blessed: Nina Pham told reporters she felt 'fortunate and blessed to be standing here today' as she left the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) hospital outside Washington D.C.
Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil, thanked the prayers she received from all over the world and a blood transfusion from Dr Kent Brantly - the American doctor who caught the disease in Liberia - as she was released from hospital on Friday Oct 25,2014, 12 days after being diagnosed with the virus.
Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of Health Clinical Center on Friday
In the clear: Patient Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of Health Clinical Center on Friday

Nina Pham, center, with her mother Diana Berry, right, and sister Cathy Pham, left, smiles as members of the NIH staff outside applaud during a news conference in Maryland on Friday Oct 25,2014
Support:  Nina Pham, center, with her mother Diana Berry, right, and sister Cathy Pham, left, smiles as members of the NIH staff outside applaud during a news conference in Maryland on Friday
After being released from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and fronting a press conference, the Dallas nurse was transported straight to the White House for a meeting with President Obama.
The President warmly greeted the health worker with a hug
  Hug: President Barack Obama greeted the Dallas nurse Nina Pham with a hug on Friday afternoon
Embracing Ebola: President Obama and Nina Pham hug in the Oval Office as her mother Diana, center, and sister Cathy Pham sit nearby
Officially cured: President Barack Obama meets with Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Friday, October 24, 2014, straight after the Dallas nurse was released from hospital
'I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today,' the 26-year-old told reporters at the press conference.
'I would first and foremost like to thank God, my family, and friends.
'I would especially like to thank Dr Kent Brantly for his selfless act of donating plasma to me.
'I believe in the power of prayer, because I know so many people all over the world have been praying for me.'  

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