65438+1On 22nd and 23rd of October, Tan Desai, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), held an emergency committee meeting to discuss whether the novel coronavirus epidemic in China and its neighboring countries constituted a "public health emergency (PHEIC) of international concern".

The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded its first two-day emergency committee meeting in novel coronavirus at 65438 hours on October 24th/KLOC-0, Beijing time, and then released the full text of the meeting statement on WHO official website and social media. The statement includes the background, the meeting process, the conclusion on whether to define the novel coronavirus epidemic as a public health emergency (PHEIC) of international concern, and suggestions for WHO, China, other countries and the international community. .

On the first day of the new year, at the meeting held at the same time, 16 who experts from China, Brazil, Thailand, the United States, the Russian Federation and other four countries voted by a narrow margin to declare that the China epidemic has not yet constituted a "public health emergency of international concern"? . 65438+ In the report released on 23rd, 24th and 25th of1October, the organization called the global epidemic risk "medium".

The latest novel coronavirus epidemic report released by 65438+ on127 October adjusted the epidemic risk assessment and raised the global epidemic risk to "high", while the risk level in China and the region remained "very high" and "high".

65438+1On October 29th, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Twitter that a committee meeting would be held on the 30th, and published a number of tweets aimed at novel coronavirus. He said: "There are more than 6,000 COVID-19 patients in China. So far, there are only 1% cases in other 15 countries, which is 68 cases. However, human-to-human transmission has occurred in three countries outside China, and the virus may spread on a global scale in the future. This is why I convened an emergency Committee meeting. "

At 2:30 am on June 365438+1October 3/kloc-0, the meeting announced that it would be postponed for one hour, and the results would be announced at 3:30 am.

At 2:30 am on June 365438+1October 3/kloc-0, the meeting announced that it would be postponed for one hour, and the results would be announced at 3:30 am.

At 3: 3 am1,the live broadcast was postponed to 4: 14.

At 4: 00 a.m.14, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the results: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that coronavirus constituted a public health emergency (PHEIC) of international concern.

If the novel coronavirus epidemic constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern", what impact will it have on China?

First of all, we need to know what is an "international public health emergency"?

According to the definition of the International Health Regulations:

"The international spread of diseases has brought public health risks to other countries. This is an unusual event and may require a coordinated response from the international community."

Historically, WHO has declared only five "international health emergencies", excluding SARS in 2003. Once announced, it will stimulate the epidemic countries and hit their economies hard. PHEIC is the highest alert of WHO to international epidemic.

1.2009 influenza virus H 1N 1 epidemic situation.

2.20 14, wild poliovirus epidemic situation.

3.20 14, Ebola virus epidemic in west Africa.

4.20 16, Zika virus epidemic in Brazil.

5.20 18-2020, Ebola broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

What constitutes an "international public health emergency"?

According to the website of the World Health Organization, once an epidemic is declared as a "public health emergency of international concern" by WHO, it is equivalent to sending an obvious signal to all countries in the world: if there is no large-scale response, the epidemic will not be properly controlled.

Article 15 Interim Proposal

1. If it is determined in accordance with Article 12 that a public health emergency of international concern is taking place, the Director-General shall issue an interim recommendation in accordance with the procedure stipulated in Article 49. Such temporary suggestions may be revised or postponed as appropriate (including after it is determined that public health emergencies of international concern have ended), and other temporary suggestions aimed at preventing or quickly discovering their resurgence may be issued as needed.

2.？ Temporary suggestions may include sanitary measures taken by the contracting state or other contracting States for people, luggage, goods, containers, vehicles, articles and/or postal parcels in the event of public health emergencies of international concern, with the aim of preventing or reducing the international spread of diseases and avoiding unnecessary interference to international traffic.

3. An interim proposal can be withdrawn at any time according to the procedure stipulated in rule 49, and it will automatically become invalid three months after its publication. An interim proposal may be amended or extended for three months. After determining the public health emergencies of international concern related to it, the interim proposal can last until the second World Health Assembly at most.

Article 16 Long-term recommendations

According to Article 53, WHO may make long-term recommendations on routine or regular adoption of appropriate health measures. States parties may take measures against persons, luggage, goods, containers, vehicles, articles and/or postal parcels in view of the specific public health hazards that are occurring, so as to prevent or reduce the international spread of diseases and avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic. According to Article 53, WHO may modify or withdraw long-term recommendations at an appropriate time.

In other words, it will affect all aspects of our lives:

The first is, of course, the economic impact.

At least several billion dollars, from the current stock market and trade circulation, these are inevitable, mainly reflected in: trade import and export, tourism.

The second is the impact on people's livelihood.

Personnel will be quarantined according to the epidemic situation, and even planes from other countries will be quarantined.

Goods and commodities are also considered as commodities in epidemic areas, which will be subject to stricter epidemic inspection, and may even stop importing directly, and the prices of domestic imported commodities will rise accordingly.

Finally, the impact on people who need to go abroad,

The customs may have a stricter review.

For example, when international students return to school, business people may need to conduct exit inspection and/or restrict people from epidemic areas from leaving the country on business trips.

Impact on us personally:

First of all, you can rest assured.

China's economy will not collapse completely. A retrogression of 20 years will bring us back to the era of abject poverty, as some articles have said. In 2009, influenza A H 1N 1 broke out, and WHO announced PHEIC to the United States, but the United States did not experience economic collapse at that time.

Rumors circulating in various media at present &; Deny/refute/spread rumors

1. Rumors of "countries in epidemic areas"

The term "epidemic country" does not exist, and WHO has never listed the whole country as an "epidemic country".

During the SARS period in 2003, Beijing and Toronto, Canada were designated as "epidemic areas". This time, it is very likely that "Wuhan" or "Hubei" was designated as an epidemic area by WHO.

The whole country has never been designated as an epidemic area.

2. Once China is listed as an "epidemic country", it will remain for three years.

Many people hope that China will lose its foothold because of the epidemic, which will have an impact on the economy.

However, PHEIC's decision will not affect three years, but will last for three months, after which the location will be re-evaluated.

After the epidemic situation is weakened or eliminated, PHEIC can be lifted.

3.PHEIC will make China's economy collapse completely and set it back for 20 years.

This rumor is also the most widely spread rumor so far.

Indeed, PHEIC will affect China's economy, but in today's global economy, no country can be immune, and China's economy is bound to affect the global economy.

Simply put, PHEIC is equivalent to telling other countries: Dude, infectious diseases are serious here, so it's up to you here. Non-mandatory suggestions,

For example, Zika virus in Brazil was designated as PHEIC in February 20 16, and was cancelled in June/1year, and the Olympic Games will be held in August.

So don't worry too much. As long as we all do personal protection and actively respond to the call of the country, the virus will recede sooner or later. Friends in job hunting must seize this time to enrich themselves and actively submit resumes. After the epidemic, it will be the peak of recruitment interview in spring, but this year's epidemic will kill a considerable number of enterprises, and the remaining enterprises will shrink their recruitment to a certain extent. Don't miss any opportunity to get an offer!