Risk assessment of public health emergencies concerned in China, November 2024

Objective To assess the risk of public health emergencies that may occur or be imported from abroad in China (except Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan province, the same below) in November 2024.

Methods Based on the reports of domestic and foreign public health emergencies and surveillance results of key infectious diseases or notifications from relative agencies and departments, the expert consultation conference was hold and experts from provincial (autonomous region and municipal) centers for disease control and prevention attended this conference through video terminal.

Results The number of public health emergencies in November 2024 is likely to be higher than that in October, mainly infectious disease events. At present, China will still face the challenge of co-epidemic or alternate epidemics of multiple acute respiratory infectious diseases. The epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China has dropped to extremely low levels. There is the possibility of sporadic and small clusters of human infection with avian influenza. The epidemic of dengue fever will enter a downward phase. Outbreaks of norovirus enteritis may gradually increase. Non-occupational carbon monoxide poisoning caused by improper heating will be on the rise.

Conclusion Attention should be paid to multiple acute respiratory infectious diseases, COVID-19, human infection with avian influenza, dengue fever, norovirus enteritis, and non-occupational carbon monoxide poisoning.