Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country's health ministry said.

The Ugandan health ministry has said the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country has risen from three to nine. Recall that the East African country last month declared an outbreak of the severe,

It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners on Feb.

Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one nurse in the east African country.

Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.

Nine people were confirmed to have Ebola virus in Uganda and around 265 others are being monitored under quarantine, health authorities have said. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on January 30.