An Ebola patient, who was kept anonymous, has been released from the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after doctors declared him clear of the dreaded disease after being treated for nearly six weeks since he returned to the U.S.

An unnamed patient who had acquired the Ebola virus while he was working for the World Health Organization at the front line of the battle against the outbreak in Sierra Leone had recently been discharged from Emory after recovering from the disease.

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Georgia Department of Public Health said that the patient has been "determined to be free of virus and to pose no public health threat" and had been released "to an undisclosed location" after he was discharged from the hospital on Sunday.

Abiding by his family's request, the patient's identity had been closely guarded since he arrived at the Atlanta hospital for treatment on September 9 via a private chartered flight after he had tested positive of the virus.

"Through rigorous medical treatment, skillful nursing, and the full support of a health-care team, I am well on the way to a full recovery. I want the public to know that although Ebola is a serious, complex disease, it is possible to recover and return to a healthy life," the unnamed patient said in a statement.

Two other Americans who had contracted Ebola while they were working in Liberia have been released from Emory after recovering from the disease within three weeks of treatment.

Just last week, Amber Joy Vinson, the second Dallas nurse who caught the virus after working with the medical team who treated first U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, had been admitted to the Atlanta hospital for treatment.

Emory is one of four hospitals in the U.S. that has specialized treatment facilities for highly dangerous and infectious diseases such as Ebola.

Three other medical facilities are in Maryland, Montana, and Nebraska.

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