Located in the middle of New York that is facing the coronavirus threat the world organisation of 193 nations is hunkering down to meet the crisis with a test for Security Council cybermeetings limiting participation in sessions cancelling meetings and encouraging staff to work from home. The UN headquarters has been placed in Phase2 of the three-level response activation system which is an active risk reduction mode Stephane Dujarric the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. Guterres has ordered the cancellation of all but the charter-mandated meetings of the UN at the headquarters till the end of April