WHO is convening a global research and innovation forum to mobilize international action in response to the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
"Harnessing the power of science is critical for bringing this outbreak under control," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “There are questions we need answers to, and tools we need developed as quickly as possible. WHO is playing an important coordinating role by bringing the scientific community together to identify research priorities and accelerate progress.”

Misunderstandings and fake news about the novel coronavirus are the major reasons that have led to the possible discrimination and violence

WORLD leaders and experts have called on the international community to discard discrimination against certain groups of people due to misinformation about the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Early identification, reporting, isolation, diagnosis and treatment is the best and most effective way to contain the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus . . . .
Wu Hao ( head of the Fangzhuang community health service center in Beijing )
THE general public should reach a consensus that early identification, reporting, isolation, diagnosis and treatment is the best and most effective way to contain the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, a health official said in Beijing on Wednesday.

Latest on the coronavirus outbreak: 2,070 cases confirmed in China, 56 dead

THE pneumonia outbreak was first reported in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, in December 2019. Experts have attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavirus that has since spread across China and abroad.

Someone pointed out sometime ago, that Myanmar’s societal relations have largely been “obligations based”. As I understand it, Myanmar’s culture has its roots in the Buddhist religion which teaches love and compassion towards all beings. As such the social norms of relationship developed by the Monks of the Buddhist order and the learned figures in Myanmar’s history evolved around the concept of “obligations” of the members of society towards one another.