Ashoka Mukpo, journalist with Ebola, showing improvement
Mukpo receiving experimental Ebola treatment with a drug called brincidofovir and IV fluids
An American video journalist with ties to Halifax being treated for Ebola continues to show improvement and is described by hospital officials as steadily heading in the right direction.
Taylor Wilson, spokesman for Nebraska Medical Center, said Sunday that doctors are pleased with 33-year-old Ashoka Mukpo's progress and that he was better Sunday than the day before.
He's described as weak but responding very well to treatment.
He's receiving an experimental Ebola treatment with a drug called brincidofovir and IV fluids.
Mukpo became infected while working as a freelance cameraman for Vice News, NBC News and other media outlets. He returned to Liberia in early September to help highlight the toll of the Ebola outbreak.
Mukpo was born in British Columbia and lived in Halifax. He holds dual Canadian and American citizenship.
Three of his brothers live in Halifax, where the family moved in the late 1980s and stayed until the early 1990s. Ashoka Mukpo often visits the city. His mother’s first husband founded the Shambhala Buddhism community.
On online fundraiser for Mukpo has raised more than $47,000 in just six days.
With files form CBC News