Cameraman Who Contracted Ebola While Working With Princeton's Nancy Snyderman Cleared of Virus

Nancy Snyderman. Photo Credit: NBC News

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The NBC News freelance cameraman that contracted Ebola while covering an outbreak of the virus in Africa no longer has the virus and will be permitted to leave the hospital on Wednesday, NBC reports.

Ashoka Mukpo, 33, was cleared following blood tests on Tuesday, according to the report.

Mukpo contracted the disease while on assignment as part of a crew that included NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman, a Princeton resident.

The group agreed to voluntary isolation upon returning to America, but state health officials placed them under a mandatory quarantine after residents reported seeing Snyderman and her crew getting takeout, according to Planet Princeton.

The quarantine ends Wednesday night, but Snyderman’s future with NBC remains up in the air after more than 1,000 people posted to Snyderman’s Facebook page saying they were angry and wouldn’t trust her again. Some suggested she should be fired or lose her medical license, according to The Associated Press.