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21:55 May 31, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Government / Politics, Medical: Health Care, Journalism
English term or phrase: public health risk
Definition from Queensland Health:
A public health risk is something that is likely to be harmful to human health or contribute to disease in humans, such as germs carried by rats, mice and mosquitoes. Harmful germs came can also be transmitted from waste, water, dead or living animals and harmful substances in the environment.

Example sentence(s):
  • WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic poses a grave and imminent public health risk, with more than 1.4 million documented cases and 90,000 recorded fatalities in the United States alone. Unity Group of Chattanooga
  • The mayor said on Tuesday that the decision to reschedule the marathon from April to September was made with the hope that the disease "would no longer be a significant public health risk." While Massachusetts is planning to lift its ban on some businesses and activities next week, large public gatherings have been banned through Labor Day — a week before the race's new date. Star Tribune
  • McGovern Says Reconvening Congress Poses Public Health Risk, Calls For Remote Voting WGBH
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5 +1公共卫生风险
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5公共卫生风险
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公共卫生风险


Definition from dictionaries:
可能引起公共卫生事件的危险因素。

Example sentence(s):
  • 及早发现、识别和评估突发事件公共卫生风险，对有效防范和应对突发 ... 风险矩阵法是指由有经验的专家对确定的风险因素的发生可能性和后果的 ... - website  
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公共卫生风险


Definition from Dictionary:
对公共卫生构成潜在威胁的风险因素

Example sentence(s):
  • 长期建议指明针对正发生的特定公共卫生风险而例行采取的适宜措施，适用于例行或定期实施。建议的措施可针对人员、行李、货物、集装箱、船舶、航空器、公路车辆、物品或邮包。 - World Health Organization  
  • 在统筹做好疫情防控和经济社会发展工作的同时,应总结经验教训,推动构建防控公共卫生风险的财政体制机制,从传统"人应对突发事件"转变为"体制机制对抗突发事件",更好地发挥财政在国家治理中的基础和重要支柱作用。 - China National Knowledge Infrastructure  
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