(Bloomberg) -- Craig Spencer, the New York City doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Guinea, will be released from Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan and is free of the virus.

“Dr. Spencer is a real hero,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters at Gracie Mansion last night. “Here’s a guy who went toward danger, went to where the need was greatest in the whole world.

“You’re going to see him back on his feet, entirely in health. I’m sure he’s a little weakened from the experience, but entirely healthy and ready to go.”

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