The World Health Organization (WHO) published an online course about Coronavirus for health professionals and the general public. The course is available for free to anyone interested on the WHO's learning platform for health emergencies, OpenWHO.org. The objectives of the platform includes to reach millions of people across the world with just-in-time, accessible learning resources. The online course 'Emerging respiratory viruses, including nCoV: methods for detection, prevention, response and control' is being produced in all five UN official languages and Portuguese.