International: active role played by the Institut Pasteur International Network in monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in China

The member institutes in the Institut Pasteur International Network are working in close cooperation at this time, exchanging information at international level. The World Health Organization (WHO) keeps a record of all reported cases of infection with the novel coronavirus and regularly updates its website.

Below are some examples of how the Institut Pasteur International Network was involved at the very start of the outbreak and how it has extended its response on a regular basis to increase its capabilities to tackle the virus:

Hong Kong University-Pasteur Research Pole: SARS-CoV-2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients (The New England Journal of Medicine)

Scientists at the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge culture novel coronavirus from patients

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) will be helping African countries in the response against COVID-19

Coronavirus: Institut Pasteur on the front line in Senegal