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Cpl Anna Cross, the U.K. military worker tested positive for Ebola, was the first person in the world to be treated with the experimental Ebola drug MIL 77 and was released from hospital after making a full recovery. The doctors treating her confirmed it is too soon to speculate if the drug helped in her recovery
They described the drug she was given as a close relative of the medicine ZMapp - which British nurse William Pooley received when he was treated for Ebola.
Experts at the Royal Free said MIL 77 was made in China and that a limited supply was available, should anyone need it.
It is too soon to know what role the drug played in Cpl Cross's recovery, they added.
Back in Britain, the decision to try MIL 77 was not difficult. “I said ‘I have Ebola, so, yes, I’d rather have that than high-dose vitamin C,’” she said.
She thanked her doctor, Mike Jacobs, an infectious disease consultant, and her team of clinicians, adding: “Thanks to them I’m alive”.
Cpl Cross joined the Army reserves in 2013 and now plans to return to “military fitness”. She would have no qualms about going back to treat more Ebola patients, but does not think it is likely since the virus now appears to be under control.
Dr Jacobs said it was too early to draw conclusions about the drug’s effectiveness. He said: “I can’t attribute Anna’s recovery to the medicine. On the other hand, we wouldn’t have used the medicine unless it was hopefully going to be of benefit to her.”
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