Ebola in Beni: record 13 recovered patients leave treatment centre
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
Thirteen patients who recovered from Ebola left the treatment centre at Beni general hospital in North Kivu on 9 November 2026, a record number of discharges as new cases multiply. Medical director Jérémie Muhindo urges people to seek care at the first signs and avoid self-medication, according to Congolese health services.
Thirteen people who recovered from Ebola virus disease left the Ebola treatment centre (ETC) at Beni general referral hospital in North Kivu on Monday 9 November. This is the largest number of recovered patients announced to date, as the province records numerous new case notifications, according to Actualité.cd.
Dr Jérémie Muhindo, the facility’s medical director, is calling on the population to seek medical care at the first signs and avoid self-medication. He cites travel between Beni and the affected areas of Cantine and Byakato, where residents go for farming work, as a factor in the spread. He recalls that not all community deaths are linked to Ebola and that only medical care can determine their cause.
At national level, Public Health Minister Roger Kamba presented an update at the 102nd meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday 6 November. The outbreak’s epicentre has shifted to North Kivu, which now records the largest number of new cases. Ituri remains the cumulative epicentre, accounting for 70% of cases since the start of the outbreak, but now represents only 37.1% of new notifications.
More than 2,881 people have been declared recovered since the start of the outbreak, with a patient follow-up rate of 83.9%, according to the same ministerial note. The outbreak remains active in six provinces: Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Bas-Uélé and North Ubangi. Of the 178 health zones across the seven affected provinces, 58 are affected.
The discharge comes two weeks after 13 recovered patients left Beni treatment centres, announced on 27 October. It follows by a few days an attack on an ETC in Beni by arsonists, who were repelled on 7 November.
Updated 10 November 2026: Seven patients declared recovered from Ebola left the International Medical Corps treatment centre at Beni referral hospital on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Read: Ebola: seven more recovered patients leave Beni centre.
