Risk assessment of public health emergencies concerned in the mainland of China, September 2022

  Objective  To assess the risk of public health emergencies, both the indigenous ones and the imported ones, which might occur in the mainland of China in March 2022.

  Methods   An internet based expert counsel was conducted to analyze the surveillance data of public health emergencies and priority communicable diseases in China reported through different channels, and the experts in all provincial centers for disease control and prevention attended this video conference.

  Results   It is estimated that public health emergency event reports in September 2022 will be close to August 2022, with infectious disease events accounting for the largest number. Considering imported BA.5 cases and secondary outbreaks in recent days, there is still risk of local cluster cases and spillover cases in the following month, which shows a difficult and complex situation for disease prevention and control. Local governments should effectively coordinate disease prevention and control with economic and social development in accordance with central government requirements. Attention should be paid to risk of importing monkeypox case and local spreads it causes.

  Conclusion   Special attention should be paid to COVID-19. General attentions should be paid to monkeypox.