Legal basis: According to the first and second paragraphs of Article 1 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Obstructing the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, "those who intentionally spread pathogens of infectious diseases and endanger public safety shall be punished as crimes of endangering public safety by dangerous methods in accordance with the provisions of Articles 114 and 115 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)." Anyone who suffers from sudden infectious diseases or suspected sudden infectious diseases, refuses to accept quarantine, compulsory isolation or treatment, and negligently causes the spread of infectious diseases, if the circumstances are serious, endangering public safety, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 115 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). "