Swiss Woman Evacuated From Nigeria Over Ebola Discharged From Geneva Hospital

A Swiss woman who was evacuated from Nigeria after testing positive for the Ebola virus has been discharged from Geneva University Hospital following a full recovery, hospital authorities have confirmed.

The patient, who was born in Uganda, was released on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, after 16 days of treatment at the facility.

The hospital stated that the cantonal physician authorised her discharge after the medical team confirmed her full recovery.

“After the medical team confirmed her full recovery, the cantonal physician authorised the patient being treated for Ebola virus disease to leave the Geneva University Hospitals on November 11, 2026,” the hospital said in a statement sent to Reuters.

The woman, aged 42, had tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Nigeria on October 20. She was flown to Switzerland on October 26 in a Rega air ambulance, alongside her husband, a Swiss embassy employee in Abuja.

Her husband was placed in isolation at the University Hospital of Zurich as a close contact but was discharged on November 4 after he did not contract the virus. With the woman’s discharge, there are no longer any patients hospitalised with Ebola in Switzerland.

The patient had reportedly spent a two-week holiday in Uganda before returning to Abuja, where she developed symptoms. She sought medical care on October 11 and was confirmed positive on October 20.

Benoit Carpentier, spokesperson for the University Hospitals of Geneva, said the patient received appropriate supportive care, including hydration and management of potential complications linked to the disease.

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said 62 contacts had been identified following the case, with 10 still under monitoring as of November 11.

No deaths had been recorded in Nigeria, and the country recorded only one confirmed case while seven suspected cases tested negative.

The Bundibugyo strain is a rare type of Ebola virus for which there are currently no approved vaccines or specific treatments.

The outbreak, first identified in May, has spread across parts of Africa, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo recording more than 11,000 confirmed cases and over 5,300 deaths, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.

Experts are still investigating how the woman contracted the virus. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya had earlier said investigations would establish the source of her infection.

The Federal Government of Nigeria had said the country could be declared free of the outbreak by December 7 if no further confirmed or probable cases were detected, subject to validation of the World Health Organisation’s 42-day countdown.