“The World Bank is reviewing the financial and technical resources that can be mobilized quickly to support affected countries [pelo novo coronavírus]”, The financial institution said in a statement, quoted by the France-Presse agency.
The organization also called on all countries to “strengthen health surveillance and the responses provided”, which are “essential to stop the spread” of the virus and other diseases “that may arise in the future”.
The World Bank explained that it has regular conversations “with international partners to accelerate the international response” to help various nations “manage this global health crisis”.
China today raised to 362 dead and more than 17,000 infected the balance of the pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) detected last December in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, placed under quarantine.
In addition to the mainland of China and the Chinese regions of Macau and Hong Kong, there are more confirmed cases of infection in 24 other countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday an international public health emergency situation, which presupposes the adoption of prevention and coordination measures worldwide.
The scientific community is trying to find a vaccine against pneumonia, as current ones do not protect against the new coronavirus.
The disease has been identified as a new type of coronavirus, similar to atypical pneumonia, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which between 2002 and 2003 killed 650 people in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Infected people can transmit the disease during the incubation period, which varies between one day and two weeks, without the virus being detected.
Symptoms associated with the infection caused by the new coronavirus are more severe than the flu and include fever, pain, malaise and breathing difficulties, such as shortness of breath.
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