KAMPALA, Uganda — Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on Jan. 30. That man remains the only fatality.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country's health ministry said. The East African country declared an outbreak of the severe, often-fatal viral infection late last month.

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 health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital Kampala, in a nurse who sought care at a number of facilities.

Health workers wearing protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre. Uganda confirmed nine Ebola cases on February 10, 2025, following an outbreak first announced on January 30, 2025. Uganda’s Ministry of Health has reported six new cases of Ebola as the country struggles to contain the new outbreak that was first announced on January 30.

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.

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.