The WDSF issued a statement to members to update them on the measures the governing body had taken since the crisis began.

Decisions include staff accepting a 20 per cent pay cut during the pandemic, as well as the organisation securing “modest Swiss Government support” for professional staff in its Lausanne based office during the shutdown.

“The WDSF Presidium has been working hard to ensure the survival and prosperity of the federation and DanceSport worldwide,” a WDSF statement read.

“Organisationally and financially the pathway we are currently on is very painful, but we believe we will come out the other side stronger and more resilient than ever.

“We confirm that the WDSF’s mission to 'develop DanceSport to its fullest potential' remains our primary goal and no pandemic will stop us from achieving our vision.

“On March 16, as part of our strategy to deal with the financial and organisational impacts of the virus, we immediately implemented a complete suspension of all spending aside from the salaries/fees of the WDSF staff, officers, IOC consultant, contractors (as far as possible), and the WDSF headquarters.

“On April 13 the WDSF was able to secure modest Swiss Government support for our professional staff at our Lausanne office during the partial shutdown.

“As part of the WDSF’s cost savings, our amazing staff also effectively accepted a 20 per cent pay cut during this period.”

The WDSF said it would provide further details of actions taken by the governing body in the coming weeks and months, in a bid to help the dance sport community to understand the decisions taken to protect the sport.

The measures are aimed at ensuring the sport can “hit the ground running” at the conclusion of the shutdown period.

Over 3.2 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide since the outbreak began, with more than 231,000 deaths recorded.

The crisis has led to numerous countries introducing lockdown periods and restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus, measures that have seen sporting action effectively draw to a halt.

As a result many governing bodies have been hit financially.

The World Breaking Championships is among the WDSF events to have been impacted, with the competition postponed from this year to 2021.

The Championships were scheduled to take place in August in the Chinese city Nanjing.