The World Health Organisation (WHO), has expressed concern over two suspected cases of Ebola that have been reported in Guinea-Conakry. 

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General said on Sunday that their Regional Office for Africa and WHO country office was supporting readiness and response efforts.

"Very concerned by reports of four suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea. WHO is ramping up readiness and response efforts to this potential resurgence of Ebola in West Africa, a region which suffered so much from Ebola in 2014," tweeted Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa.

Third case detected near DR Congo

Earlier, on Saturday, WHO noted that a third Ebola case had been detected in Katwa, near Butembo in the DR Congo where a new case was first reported early last week. 

The new Ebola case was detected in Butembo,  one of the epicentres of the previous outbreak in eastern DR  Congo.

The UN body said epidemiologists were dispatched to support  the Congolese ministry of health's investigation. 

Samples were sent to the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa for genome sequencing to determine if there is a link to the previous outbreak. 

It is not unusual for sporadic cases to occur following a major outbreak, the WHO said.

Last August, as the world continued to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, reports indicated that the number of cases of Ebola in western DR Congo was rising.

Early last year, it was the unanimous view of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee that Ebola virus disease outbreak in the country still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).