COVID-19's national policy

1, Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.

Article 39 When a medical institution discovers a Class A infectious disease, it shall take the following measures in time:

(a) isolation treatment of patients and pathogen carriers, and the isolation period shall be determined according to the results of medical examination;

(two) for suspected patients, isolation treatment in designated places before diagnosis;

(3) Carry out medical observation and take other necessary preventive measures at designated places for patients, pathogen carriers and close contacts of suspected patients in medical institutions.

The public security organ may assist medical institutions to take compulsory isolation treatment measures if they refuse isolation treatment or leave isolation treatment without authorization before the expiration of isolation period.

Medical institutions should take necessary treatment and control measures according to the condition when they find patients with Class B and Class C infectious diseases.

Medical institutions must, in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, disinfect and dispose of places, articles and medical wastes contaminated by infectious disease pathogens in their own units.

Article 37 The relevant departments of the people's government, disease prevention and control institutions, medical institutions, blood collection and supply institutions and their staff responsible for reporting the epidemic situation of infectious diseases according to the provisions of this Law shall not conceal, falsely report or delay reporting the epidemic situation of infectious diseases.

2. People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Article 25 Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan:

(a) spreading rumors, lying about dangerous situations, epidemic situations, police situations or deliberately disturbing public order by other means;

(two) throwing fake explosions, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disturb public order;

(3) Threatening to set fire, explode or throw dangerous substances to disturb public order.

3. Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Article 330th Crime of Obstructing the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

In violation of the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, anyone who, under any of the following circumstances, causes the spread of Class A infectious diseases and infectious diseases whose prevention and control measures are determined according to law or is in serious danger of spread shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years:

(a) the drinking water supplied by the water supply unit does not meet the hygienic standards prescribed by the state;

(2) refusing to disinfect sewage, dirt, places and articles contaminated by infectious disease pathogens according to the hygiene requirements put forward by the disease prevention and control institutions;

(3) allowing or conniving patients with infectious diseases, pathogen carriers and suspected patients with infectious diseases to engage in the work that is prohibited by the administrative department of health of the State Council and is easy to spread the infectious diseases;

(4) Selling or transporting articles contaminated or possibly contaminated by infectious disease pathogens in epidemic areas without disinfection;

(five) refusing to implement the prevention and control measures put forward by the people's governments at or above the county level and the disease prevention and control institutions according to law.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The scope of Class A infectious diseases shall be determined in accordance with the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and the relevant provisions of the State Council.

Article 332 Crime of obstructing frontier health and quarantine

Whoever violates frontier health and quarantine regulations and causes the spread of quarantinable infectious diseases or is in serious danger of spread shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

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Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Article 39 When a medical institution discovers a Class A infectious disease, it shall take the following measures in time:

(a) isolation treatment of patients and pathogen carriers, and the isolation period shall be determined according to the results of medical examination;

(two) for suspected patients, isolation treatment in designated places before diagnosis;

(3) Carry out medical observation and take other necessary preventive measures at designated places for patients, pathogen carriers and close contacts of suspected patients in medical institutions.

The public security organ may assist medical institutions to take compulsory isolation treatment measures if they refuse isolation treatment or leave isolation treatment without authorization before the expiration of isolation period.

Medical institutions should take necessary treatment and control measures according to the condition when they find patients with Class B and Class C infectious diseases.

Medical institutions must, in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, disinfect and dispose of places, articles and medical wastes contaminated by infectious disease pathogens in their own units.

Article 37 The relevant departments of the people's government, disease prevention and control institutions, medical institutions, blood collection and supply institutions and their staff responsible for reporting the epidemic situation of infectious diseases according to the provisions of this Law shall not conceal, falsely report or delay reporting the epidemic situation of infectious diseases.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Article 25 Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan:

(a) spreading rumors, lying about dangerous situations, epidemic situations, police situations or deliberately disturbing public order by other means;

(two) throwing fake explosions, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disturb public order;

(3) Threatening to set fire, explode or throw dangerous substances to disturb public order.

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 330th Crime of Obstructing the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

In violation of the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, anyone who, under any of the following circumstances, causes the spread of Class A infectious diseases and infectious diseases whose prevention and control measures are determined according to law or is in serious danger of spread shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years:

(a) the drinking water supplied by the water supply unit does not meet the hygienic standards prescribed by the state;

(2) refusing to disinfect sewage, dirt, places and articles contaminated by infectious disease pathogens according to the hygiene requirements put forward by the disease prevention and control institutions;

(3) allowing or conniving patients with infectious diseases, pathogen carriers and suspected patients with infectious diseases to engage in the work that is prohibited by the administrative department of health of the State Council and is easy to spread the infectious diseases;

(4) Selling or transporting articles contaminated or possibly contaminated by infectious disease pathogens in epidemic areas without disinfection;

(five) refusing to implement the prevention and control measures put forward by the people's governments at or above the county level and the disease prevention and control institutions according to law.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The scope of Class A infectious diseases shall be determined in accordance with the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and the relevant provisions of the State Council.

Article 332 Crime of obstructing frontier health and quarantine

Whoever violates frontier health and quarantine regulations and causes the spread of quarantinable infectious diseases or is in serious danger of spread shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.