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Guinea has reported the first cases of the Ebola virus in a possible resurgence of the disease since the worst global outbreak in 2013-16.
Three people died of Ebola and five others tested positive for the virus in southeastern Guinea, the state health agency said.
The five still alive have been isolated in treatment centers, the ANSS agency said on Sunday.
The patients became ill with diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding after attending a funeral in Goueke sub-prefecture.
It was unclear if the person buried on February 1, a nurse at the local health center who had fallen ill, had also died of Ebola.
The last major Ebola outbreak in West Africa started in Guinea. It continued to kill at least 11,300 people with the vast majority of cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Guinea will reportedly now contact the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international health agencies to purchase Ebola vaccines. Vaccines have greatly improved survival rates in recent years.
The Ebola virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhea and is spread through contact with bodily fluids.
The Congo reported three new cases of Ebola this month in one of the epicenters of that epidemic in the eastern province of North Kivu.
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