Criteria for considering "Covid-19" as a biological disaster, and prevention mechanisms and measures

Abstract

Following the announcement of some “COVID-19” cases in Blida "The Algerian authorities have put in place preventive and curative measures and procedures aimed at first besieging the epicenter of the epidemic and then taking care of the infected people, among these measures are Executive Decrees No. 20-69 and n°20-70, in addition to the existing legislative arsenal, in particular the law n° 03-10, N° 04-20, and N° 18-11.

       All indications were that we were in an unusual and dangerous situation, which required extraordinary measures and actions, so it was better to be treated as a biological disaster, and to take action under Bill 04-20 on the prevention of major risks and disaster management in the context of sustainable development, and not treated as an ordinary epidemic