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Table 1 Health emergency practice launched by China CDC’s EOC during 2017–2018

From: Experience and practice of the Emergency Operations Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: a case study of response to the H7N9 outbreak

Period

Outbreak/disaster

Type

Location

Response levela

Comments/action taken

January–July, 2017

H7N9

Infectious disease outbreak

22 provinces, China

III

Coordinated departments to develop the epidemiological and lab test strategy

August–October, 2017

Earthquake

Nature disaster

Sichuan and Xinjiang, China

II

Deployed team to the field for the public health prevention and control

November, 2017– January, 2018

Plague

Infectious disease outbreak

Madagascar

II

Deployed team to the field for the public health prevention and control

July–Sepetember, 2018

Flood

Nature disaster

Sichuan and Gansu, China

III

Deployed team to the field for the public health prevention and control

July–October, 2018

Group events caused by substandard vaccines

Infectious disease outbreak

Shandong and Jilin, China

I

Assess the risk of problematic vaccine and develop reseeding strategies

July–October, 2018

Polio virus

Infectious disease outbreak

Xinjiang, China

III

Strengthen sampling and case monitoring, formulate vaccination strategies

  1. aThere are three different levels of China CDC’s response depending on the scale of the event. (i) Level III is the lowest level of response. Only one or two subject matter department lead to the response with their staff. However, EOC would not be activated. (ii) Level II involves more than two departments staff, or the relevant area and resources from the China CDC. Time-sensitive tasks and needs may extend beyond core business hours. EOC staff may lead or assist with the response. (iii) Level I is the highest level, requiring all agency-wide effort