Legal basis: Article 41 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in People's Republic of China (PRC), local people's governments at or above the county level may take isolation measures against persons in places where Class A infectious diseases occur or in specific areas within the places, and report to the people's government at the next higher level; The people's government at a higher level that receives the report shall immediately make a decision on approval or disapproval. If the people's government at a higher level makes a decision not to approve, the people's government that implements the isolation measures shall immediately lift the isolation measures.
During the period of isolation, the people's government that implements isolation measures shall provide living security for the isolated personnel; If the isolated person has a work unit, his work unit will not stop paying his remuneration during the isolation period.
The lifting of isolation measures shall be decided by the original decision-making organ and announced.