According to the portal Heraldo, a 48-year-old female tourist landed at Toncontin Airport on a flight from Los Angeles with a layover in Honduras. She was reportedly recently on vacation in Taiwan.
The woman showed symptoms such as a cough, runny nose, and sneezing, so the tourist was sent to a specialised hospital in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, where she is now under surveillance.
According to a deputy health minister, if the test results after 48 hours confirm the disease, the woman will be isolated.
Earlier in the day, China's health authorities said that the number of people who have died from the novel coronavirus in mainland China had reached 2,004, with 74,185 people infected and 14,376 discharged from hospitals.
The new strain of coronavirus – COVID-19 – was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, located in the province of Hubei, in December and has since spread to more than 25 countries.
In late January, the World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency in light of the outbreak.