The first coronavirus case has been reported in the Kingdom of Bhutan, Straits Times reported.

The kingdom said an American, 79, who entered by air from India on March 2 had tested positive for the virus.

According to TASS, schools and other institutions in the areas of Bhutan visited by the infected will be closed for three weeks.

An outbreak of coronavirus was recorded at the end of December 2019 in the Chinese Wuhan. The WHO has recognized the outbreak as a global health emergency. The number of coronavirus deaths in the world has reached 3,387.