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

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.

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

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala

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.

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

Uganda has confirmed nine cases of the deadly disease Ebola, the health ministry said Tuesday, raising the count in its latest outbreak from three.

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.