How many years was the old lady in Yangzhou sentenced for the epidemic?

According to China's criminal law, the old lady in Yangzhou is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. However, a person who has reached the age of 75 who intentionally commits a crime may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment according to the provisions of China's criminal law; Whoever commits a crime negligently shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. However, Mrs. Mao is under the age of 75 and does not meet the conditions of lighter or mitigated punishment. On July 29th, the Hanjiang Branch of Yangzhou Public Security Bureau decided to take criminal detention measures against Mao Mouning because the old lady epidemic in Yangzhou was suspected of obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. According to the lawyer, according to the requirements of Class A infectious diseases, COVID-19 belongs to Class B infectious diseases under strict control, and Mao Mouning's behavior during his stay in Yangzhou is suspected of obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, so waiting for her will be severely punished by law. At present, the case is under further investigation. Failure to cooperate with epidemic prevention management, if the circumstances are serious, may also constitute the crime of obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and the crime of obstructing public service.

The epidemic situation of the old lady in Yangzhou was caused by Mao Mouning's concealment of her itinerary. Mrs. Mao is 64 years old and her household registration is Qinhuai District, Nanjing. She lives in Lukou Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing, which is a high-incidence area. On July 2 1 day, she took a bus from Nanjing to her sister's house in Yangzhou. On July 27th, Mao Mouning went to Yangzhou Friendship Hospital for treatment, and his cough and fever were controlled. On July 28, the results of nucleic acid test were suspected to be positive, and they were positive after re-examination by Yangzhou CDC. The community was not informed by the epidemic prevention and control notice that it was from the epidemic area, nor did it isolate itself. Moreover, many activities, such as gathering mahjong and refusing to cooperate with the itinerary, caused the spread of the epidemic in Yangzhou, resulting in many people being infected in Yangzhou. There are 484 cases of epidemic in Yangzhou, and the number is still increasing.

Legal basis:

Article 330th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention under any of the following circumstances, resulting in the spread or serious threat of Class A infectious diseases and infectious diseases whose prevention and control measures are determined according to law; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years:

(a) the drinking water supplied by the water supply unit does not meet the hygienic standards prescribed by the state;

(2) refusing to disinfect sewage, dirt, places and articles contaminated by infectious disease pathogens according to the hygiene requirements put forward by the disease prevention and control institutions;

(3) allowing or conniving patients with infectious diseases, pathogen carriers and suspected patients with infectious diseases to engage in the work that is prohibited by the administrative department of health of the State Council and is easy to spread the infectious diseases;

(4) Selling or transporting articles contaminated or possibly contaminated by infectious disease pathogens in epidemic areas without disinfection;

(five) refusing to implement the prevention and control measures put forward by the people's governments at or above the county level and the disease prevention and control institutions according to law.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The scope of Class A infectious diseases shall be determined in accordance with the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and the relevant provisions of the State Council.