Infectious Disease Risk Assessment
Necessity
- As the epidemic cycle of new infectious diseases shortens and the routes of entry diversify, there is a need for a comprehensive risk assessment of the potential occurrence and impact in the country.
- Evaluating the domestic risk of infectious diseases that have occurred overseas can serve as a basis for establishing quarantine management areas and other preventive measures.
Assessment targets and methods
- Risk assessments are conducted for category I infectious diseases or quarantine infectious diseases, as well as diseases declared as Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Based on foreign risk assessment tools (ECDC, CDC, WHO), the likelihood of occurrence and impact are evaluated, and this information is applied to a matrix to assess the overall risk level
| Influence Likelihood of occurrence | None | Very low | Low | Medium | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very low | None | Very low | Low | Low | Medium |
| Low | None | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
| Medium | None | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
| High | None | Medium | Medium | High | Very High |