Legal basis:
"Chinese People's **** and the State Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases" Article 42 of the outbreak of infectious diseases, epidemics, local people's governments at or above the county level shall immediately organize forces to prevent and control in accordance with the prevention and control plan to cut off the transmission of infectious diseases, and, if necessary, reported to the people's government of the higher level of the decision can be taken the following emergency measures and to be announced:
(a) restrict or stop the fair, theater performances or other crowd-gathering activities;
(b) suspension of work, business, classes;
(c) closure or sealing of public **** drinking water sources, food, and related items contaminated by infectious disease pathogens;
(d) control or culling of infected wildlife, domestic animals and poultry;
(v) sealing off places that may cause the spread of infectious diseases. When the people's government at a higher level receives a report from the people's government at a lower level on the adoption of the emergency measures listed in the preceding paragraph, it shall make an immediate decision. The lifting of the emergency measures shall be decided and announced by the original decision-making authority.