World Heart Federation Briefing on Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in low-income countries.

In December 2019, the novel coronavirus Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China.  Since then it has spread to many other regions, including low-income countries. Publisher's note: Due to the pressing nature of this report, we are offering a preliminary version of it while the final version of the manuscript is in editing. As soon as the final version is ready, this will be updated accordingly.