Risk assessment of public health emergency and communicable diseases concerned in China, June 2014

Objective To assess the risk of public health emergency and communicable diseases concerned in the mainland of China in June 2014. Methods Expert counsel was conducted on the incidence data of public health emergency both at home and abroad and the surveillance data of priority communicable diseases reported through different channels, and the experts in all the provincial for disease control and prevention in China attended the evaluation through video conference. Results According to the analysis results, the incidence of public health emergency would be similar to or slightly lower than that in May and the major forms would be hand foot and mouth disease, mumps, rubella and varicella outbreaks, followed by food poisoning. Imported dengue fever was reported in some areas recently, it is important to strengthen the prevention and control in the areas where dengue fever outbreaks once occurred. The human infection with H7N9 virus will remain at a low level. The risk of imported Middle East respiratory syndrome still exist, but large scale outbreak might not occur. The risk of imported Ebola virus disease is low. Conclusion The incidence of public health emergency would be similar to or slightly lower than that in May. It is necessary to pay close attention to hand foot and mouth disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome, human infection with H7N9 virus, Ebola virus disease and food poisoning.