Ebola cases in Uganda rise to nine while 265 others monitored under quarantine

A health worker prepares to administer a vial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)

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.