◎Reporter Wang Chun
At present, the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanghai is still grim.
In the face of the challenge of the Omikron virus, the use of the rule of law to prevent and control the epidemic is to safeguard the common interests of all citizens.
What obligations should units and individuals abide by in epidemic prevention and control?
Will I be held accountable for deliberately "bringing the epidemic" to work?
What are the legal consequences for a fraudulent antigen test?
In response to the legal issues that Shanghai citizens are more concerned about in the current epidemic prevention and control, two legal experts, Yuan Xinzhong, a visiting professor at the Graduate School of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and Shi Wenlong, a professor at the School of Law and Politics of Shanghai Normal University, gave answers.
Experts pointed out that according to relevant laws and regulations, when an infectious disease breaks out and is prevalent, local governments can restrict gatherings, such as closing places where people gather; suspending work, business, and classes; sealing and sealing items with sources of infection; closure may cause the spread of infectious diseases mobilize relief materials; treat patients; ensure the supply of basic necessities; crack down on behaviors that disrupt market order and stabilize market prices; severely punish behaviors that affect prevention and control work and disrupt social order, and maintain social order.
During the epidemic prevention and control work, government departments also need to assume the responsibility for safeguarding the prevention and control work, including incorporating the prevention and control of infectious diseases into the national economic and social development plans of their respective administrative regions; ensuring that the daily funds for prevention, control, and supervision can be implemented; Provide medical assistance to people in difficulty with specific infectious diseases, reduce or exempt medical expenses; reserve drugs, medical equipment and other materials for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; take effective health protection measures and medical care measures for relevant staff engaged in the prevention and control of infectious diseases , and give appropriate allowances.
Experts said that units and individuals are obliged to accept preventive and control measures, report to the nearest neighbor in a timely manner, abide by epidemic prevention and control regulations, and obey command and management.
If units and individuals violate relevant laws and regulations, they will be investigated for legal responsibility according to law.
How to be held accountable for deliberately "bringing the epidemic" to work?
In this regard, experts said that if a confirmed new coronary pneumonia patient or a new coronavirus carrier refuses to be isolated for treatment or leaves the isolation treatment without authorization before the isolation period expires, and enters a public place or takes public transportation; or a suspected new coronary pneumonia patient refuses Isolation treatment or leaving the isolation treatment without authorization before the quarantine period expires, and entering public places or taking public transportation, causing the spread of the new crown virus, may be suspected of violating the "Criminal Law", which is an act of intentionally spreading the virus and endangering public safety.
Antigen test fraud, should I bear legal consequences?
In this regard, experts said that laws and regulations such as the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases clearly stipulate the responsibilities and obligations of units and individuals to truthfully provide relevant information and report in a timely manner.
If the spread of infectious diseases is caused by the failure to fulfill this responsibility and obligation, it must bear the corresponding legal responsibility.
In addition, if the act of falsifying or altering the test results causes the spread of the epidemic or poses a serious danger of transmission, it may constitute the crime of obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; And entering public places or taking public transport may also constitute the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous methods.