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

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

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.

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.

Ebola cases in Uganda have increased to nine, with 265 people in quarantine. The outbreak's first victim, a male nurse, remains the only fatality. The Health Ministry states eight patients are stable.

The World Health Organization said in a statement that its support to Uganda's response to the outbreak includes access to 2,160 doses of trial vaccine

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Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine, health authorities have said. The nine cases include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on January 30.