The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to act in anticipation that President Trump will declare a national emergency to deal with the spreading coronavirus, a new report said Monday.

The declaration would allow the agency to get more funding and personnel to assist the response to the virus, which has killed two Americans and more than 3,000 worldwide, NBC News reported, citing documents it obtained.

The “infectious disease emergency declaration” would let FEMA provide disaster relief funding to state and local governments, along with more federal help to support the response, the network reported.

The Trump administration would be required to use the 1988 Stafford Act to allow the agency to provide the added assistance. Emergency declarations are usually used following natural disasters but can also be used to help manage infectious disease outbreaks.

“I actually find this reassuring,” Tim Manning, a FEMA deputy administrator under President Barack Obama, told the network.

“I hope this discussion has been happening continuously over the last couple of months.”

New York to date has one confirmed case, a 39-year-old woman who had recently traveled to Iran.

President Trump and Vice President Pence were working Monday with pharmaceutical bigs and other experts to hatch a plan to prevent a widespread coronavirus outbreak in the US.