stranger than that the eye turned from dr crossier's blue to a strange green. and dr crossier told the "new york times" that it was a dougy consistency to the touch, like dead skin. it turned out that ebola had survived inside his eye. doctors at emory administered an experimental antiviral pill and a steroid. within a week his vision cleared up and his site is back. we know that the interior of the eye is mostly partitioned off from the immune system that may cause damage in the eye when you gettic sick. it may be why ebola lipping ners there -- lingers in there. he's not really contagious you'd have to crack open the eye. it means ebola survived inside dr crossier's body for month's after he was considered no longer contagious. we are seeing good news about ebola in africa. >> as of saturday may 9th, ebola is ebola free according to the world health organisation. it's an extraordinary turn around considering liberia had the second highest number of cases, deaths, and is the poorest. it's the reports that we are getting of survivors who lost their vision, hear

dr crossier, it's good to see you and see that you are doing well. when you went back to emory to see what was going on with your eye, were you surprised it was ebola. >> i was absolutely surprised. when i left the hospital after six weeks, there were a lot of things on my mind. i was focused on getting stronger, learning to walk physically and other ways as a survivors. in early december when i developed severe inflammation in the front of my left a it was apparent that this would be aggressive and seize. four days in my opthalmologist using a small needle tapped some of the fluid from inside the eye and we were surprised to find the eye was teaming with high levels of active and viable ebola virus. we'd had a hint in the mid 1990s of mild eye disease after ebola in survivors, but this was mild. eyes weren't tapped and my eye was clearly a different animal. >> because we are seeing the same problem with a lot of survivors in africa. >> we are, indeed. in fact, one of the reasons i started paying attention to some mild eye symptoms was the fact that

. >> dr crossier says there's only a short window of opportunity to treat and prevent west african patients from going blind. we'll continue the conversation with the doctor tomorrow. focussing on his experiences in west africa, the flight of africans struggling to overcome the disease and the future of fighting ebola. coming up, a tail of two economies on the verge of running out of cash greece makes an 844 debt payment. and the australian government presents a controversial >>> greece made another large debt payment, but they had to dip into emergency funds for the cash. the government is under pressure to find a way out of its financial troubles. [ chants ] >> reporter: it was victory for hundreds of cleaning ladies on monday they got their jobs back 20 months after the previous government sacked them. syriza made good on a promise to hire back men state employees. those issues prevented a breakthrough at monday's euro group. greece is hopeful. >> i agree with the government no one want salary cuts. can they put their position across. if they surrender, it will be bad. everything will go