Guniea- February 14, 2021: New cases of the Ebola virus are now suspected in the West African nation of Guinea, according to the country’s health minister.

The latest report from Agence France Presse put a death toll there at four people, noting these are the first cases of Ebola in Guinea since 2016. Local reports put the death toll at three, with a small cluster of cases emerging in the community of Gouécké in the country’s south.  Gouécké and nearby hub Nzérékoré are not far from the borders with Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire.

At least two of the cases were confirmed by initial lab results, according to hospital employees speaking with local reporters.

The early reports from Guinea come as officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a third case of a reemerging Ebola virus outbreak in the country’s volatile east.

The World Health Organization said this case was confirmed in Katwa, just a few kilometers east of Butembo and the first new case reported earlier this week. The new cases have emerged since Congolese officials declared an end to Ebola in June, after an outbreak that claimed 2,300 lives, many of them in Katwa and Butembo. The news of suspected cases of Ebola virus has panicked most Liberians due to the inter trade between Liberia and Guinea and also how it treated Liberians in 2014. Since the news broke out last night, the government has not issued any statemen