What obligations do units and individuals have in preventing and controlling the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic?

Article 12 of the "Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases" stipulates: "All units and individuals within the territory of the People's Republic of China must accept investigations related to infectious diseases by disease prevention and control agencies and medical institutions. , inspection, sample collection, isolation treatment and other prevention and control measures, and provide relevant information truthfully.”

Article 31 stipulates: “When any unit or individual discovers a patient or suspected patient with an infectious disease, Article 54 of the "Emergency Response Law" stipulates: "No unit or individual may fabricate or spread relevant emergency situations." "False information about development or emergency response work."

Article 56 stipulates: "Units that are harmed by natural disasters or have accidents, disasters, or public health incidents shall immediately organize their own emergency rescue. Teams and staff rescue victims, evacuate, evacuate, and resettle threatened personnel, control dangerous sources, mark dangerous areas, block dangerous places, and take other necessary measures to prevent the expansion of harm, and report to the local county-level people's government at the same time;

Other units where the emergency occurs shall obey the decisions and orders issued by the people's government, cooperate with the emergency response measures taken by the people's government, do a good job in the emergency rescue work of their own units, and actively organize personnel to participate in the local emergency response work. "Emergency rescue and response work"

Article 57 stipulates: "Citizens in the area where emergencies occur shall obey the commands and arrangements of the people's government, residents' committees, villagers' committees or affiliated units, and cooperate with the people's government. Take emergency response measures, actively participate in emergency rescue work, and help maintain social order."

(Prepared by the National Legal Popularization Office)