Do I have to be at home for seven-day health monitoring?

Seven-day health monitoring doesn't have to be at home.

Since the vast majority of returnees come from low-risk areas, the seven-day health monitoring is more based on self-awareness. There is no requirement for monitoring personnel to have a separate room or live with their families, but they should do a good job in daily temperature and symptom monitoring, keep a certain social distance from others, and take corresponding protective measures against their potential risks.

Family health monitoring does not need to live alone or go out under the guidance of the community and medical staff. It requires that on the premise of taking the initiative to do personal protection, you can make necessary work and life trips, consciously keep a reasonable range of activities and social distance, and fulfill your personal obligations and social responsibilities. But unless necessary, it is best not to go out. Reducing the flow of people is the best epidemic prevention measure.

legal ground

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

Eighteenth disease prevention and control institutions at all levels shall perform the following duties in the prevention and control of infectious diseases:

(a) the implementation of infectious disease prevention and control planning, plans and programs;

(2) Collecting, analyzing and reporting the monitoring information of infectious diseases, and predicting the occurrence and epidemic trend of infectious diseases;

(three) to carry out epidemiological investigation, on-site treatment and effect evaluation of infectious diseases and public health emergencies;

(four) to carry out laboratory detection, diagnosis and pathogen identification of infectious diseases;

(five) the implementation of immunization programs, responsible for the use and management of preventive biological products;

(six) to carry out health education and consultation, popularize the knowledge of infectious disease prevention and control;

(seven) to guide and train lower-level disease prevention and control institutions and their staff to carry out infectious disease monitoring;

(eight) to carry out applied research and health evaluation on the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and provide technical advice.

National and provincial disease prevention and control institutions are responsible for monitoring the occurrence, prevalence and distribution of infectious diseases, predicting the epidemic trend of major infectious diseases, proposing prevention and control countermeasures, participating in and guiding the investigation and handling of epidemic situations, carrying out pathogen identification of infectious diseases, establishing a testing quality control system, and carrying out applied research and health evaluation.

Municipal and county-level disease prevention and control institutions with districts are responsible for implementing plans and programs for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, organizing the implementation of immunization, disinfection and control of biological hazards of vectors, popularizing knowledge on the prevention and control of infectious diseases, monitoring and reporting local epidemic situations and public health emergencies, and conducting epidemiological investigations and detection of common pathogenic microorganisms.