According to the law, a major emerging infectious disease refers to an infectious disease that appears for the first time in China or has been declared to be eliminated, occurs again, or suddenly, causing or may cause serious damage to public health and life safety, causing social panic and affecting social stability.
The law clearly stipulates that the competent departments of health, agriculture and rural areas, forestry and grassland, customs and ecological environment in the State Council should establish a monitoring network for emerging infectious diseases, animal and plant epidemics, entry-exit quarantine and biotechnology environmental safety, organize the layout and construction of monitoring stations, improve the monitoring information reporting system, carry out active monitoring and pathogen detection, and incorporate them into the national biosafety risk monitoring and early warning system.
At the same time, the relevant departments of the State Council, the local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall timely issue early warning according to the forecast and responsibilities, and take corresponding prevention and control measures.
The law stipulates that any unit or individual who discovers infectious diseases or animal and plant diseases shall report to medical institutions, relevant professional institutions or departments in a timely manner. Medical institutions, professional institutions and their staff shall report infectious diseases, animal and plant diseases or unexplained cluster diseases in time and take protective measures.
If it is required to report according to law, no unit or individual may conceal, falsely report, delay reporting or omit reporting, or instruct others to conceal, falsely report, delay reporting or hinder others from reporting according to law.