Two doctors who were infected by the Ebola virus in Liberia and were given the experimental drug ZMapp have fully recovered, announced today the Health Ministry of the country.

A third doctor, Abraham Ntormpor, who was also treated with the same medicine, died last week.

The two doctors, one from Nigeria and one from Uganda, were treated with ZMapp since the 10th of August. During the weekend they were discharged from the hospital where they remained hospitalized during this period, said ministry spokesman John Sumo.

Two American volunteers, doctor Bradley Kent and missionary Nancy Raitbol, who also suffered from Ebola cured after receiving the ZMapp. However, the Spanish priest Miguel Pahares died after his transfer from Liberia to Madrid although he took the AMapp as well.

According to the World Health Organization, the epidemic Ebola so far has killed 1,552 people in West Africa. In Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria while a total of 3,069 suspected or confirmed cases of the disease has been reported.