ABIDJAN, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast has recorded its first positive case of the flu-like Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The case was reported in the capital Abidjan.
The country becomes the eight in the region to record a case after Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Cameroon, DR Congo and South Africa.
The affected patient is a 45-year-old Ivorian man, officials have disclosed.
The government has called for calm stressing preparedness for the disease.
Ivory Coast in January was the first country on the continent to record a suspected case, which turned out negative.
The country, like many others, received testing capacity from the World Health Organisation (WHO). — NNN-AGENCIES
