2021-02-18 04:56:10 GMT2021-02-18 12:56:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English Video Player Close NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- New outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus disease in the two African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are sending new jitters to Africa as the continent is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. In the West African country Guinea, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, health authorities have confirmed more than a dozen Ebola cases in the N'Zerekore administrative region, Southeast Guinea. SUDDEN OUTBREAK Adama Kaba, director of the N'Zerekore Provincial Hospital said on Monday that Ebola cases in the country had climbed to 15, including five deaths.