The Spallanzani Institute said on Twitter that the 50-year-old medic – who has not been named – was in a "good condition" and was "recovering in isolation".
Good clinical conditions for Italian #Ebola patient at #Spallanzani Hospital in Roma @LorellaSalce @emergency_ong @cecilia_strada
— INMI Spallanzani (@SpallanzaniINMI) December 22, 2014
The father of two was repatriated in November from Sierra Leone with a fever and given an experimental drug to try to combat the often-deadly virus.
The doctor – who became the first Italian to be infected with Ebola while volunteering for an Italian medical charity fighting the epidemic – can now breathe, walk and eat unassisted.
Ebola, a disease transmitted through the bodily fluids of infected people, can result in death from uncontrollable bleeding and organ failure.
The current Ebola epidemic in West Africa – the worst ever recorded – has so far killed around 7,350 people.
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