At least nine people have been infected in the south of the country, the head of the WHO has said Ethiopia has officially confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) after laboratory tests detected the pathogen in the country’s southern region, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.  An initial alert was issued on Wednesday after reports of a suspected viral haemorrhagic fever. The infections have been recorded in the town of Jinka,