Ivory Coast health authorities are investigating a suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in a female student who arrived from China.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene said in a statement on Monday that the student travelled from Beijing to the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan on Saturday and was coughing, sneezing and experienced difficulty breathing.
The student has not been named, CNN reports.
The 34-year-old is the first person to be tested for the virus on the continent.
More than 80 persons have been killed by the virus in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan.
The ministry said the student was moved to a safe location upon arrival at the airport and is currently under medical observation.
A final diagnosis will be made after the analysis of the results of the test.
