EC to allocate 10 million for program on study of coronavirus

“We are working to mitigate the possible wider spread of coronavirus in the EU. Thanks to funding for the Horizon 2020 emergency research, we will learn more about this disease”.

Report informs, Maria Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth said.

"We are boosting urgently needed research into Coronavirus with € 10 million from our H2020 program.
We need to know more about the virus to better target our prevention measures and to ensure better care for our citizens".

Earlier, the World Health Organization recognized the outbreak of coronavirus in China as an emergency of international importance.

On January 31, the UK Department of Health reported two cases of infection with the new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV.