Uganda's health ministry said on Friday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country had risen to nine.

Uganda has stepped up Ebola screening and contact tracing in Kampala after confirming two new cases involving health workers, raising the country’s total infections to seven as…

The outbreak is threatening to overwhelm health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while nine cases have now been confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.

Uganda's health ministry said on Friday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country had risen to nine.

Uganda confirmed two new Ebola cases on Friday, bringing the total to nine – including one fatality – since the outbreak was declared on May 15 in the

"All contacts of this new confirmed case have been identified and are under close follow up," the ministry said in a statement.

However, no community transmission has been reported in Uganda, the World Health Organization said.

Outbreak has alarmed experts because of how long it went undetected while spreading across a densely populated area.