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