The positive sample was taken from an 18-year-old woman, confirms Health Minister Pierre N'Gou for state television.

WHO writes in a statement:

The information comes after the Pasteur Institute in Ivory Coast confirmed Ebola in samples taken from a patient.

The patient had been hospitalized in the (big city) of Abidjan after coming from Guinea. "

Ebola causes hemorrhagic fever, also called hemorrhagic fever.

The disease is often fatal.