MSF Announces Comprehensive Scale-Up — 80-Bed ETC Opens in Goma, ETCs Under Construction in Ituri and South Kivu

On 1 June 2026, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced a comprehensive expansion of its Ebola response in the DRC, warning that the response had 'not yet caught up to the rapid spread of the epidemic.' Key measures in the scale-up: (1) An 80-bed Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Goma, Nord-Kivu, is fully operational with first patients admitted; (2) A 65-bed ETC is under construction in Ituri Province; (3) Two ETCs are being established in South Kivu — in Bukavu and Lwiro — where three confirmed BDBV cases have been reported; (4) Isolation units are established at MSF-supported facilities in Walikale, Mweso, Rutshuru, and Kyeshero hospital in Nord-Kivu; (5) Health worker IPC (infection prevention and control) training is underway in Bukavu and Lwiro. The announcement came as DRC confirmed cases reached 282 (264 Ituri, 15 Nord-Kivu, 3 Sud-Kivu), with 42 confirmed DRC deaths and 220 additional suspected cases under investigation. Uganda remained at 9 confirmed cases with 1 confirmed death. MSF cited 14 health worker infections in the 2026 outbreak and noted the challenge posed by the 'Bundibugyo virus strain, for which there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments.' Despite Uganda's 4-week DRC border closure (entering its fifth day) and flight cancellations complicating logistics, MSF stated it was working to maintain supply chains for medical goods to affected areas.