Is it illegal to fill in information when fighting the epidemic?

A: It may constitute a crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means, and criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Article 29 1- 1 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates the crime of fabricating and intentionally spreading false information. Whoever fabricates a false danger, epidemic situation, disaster situation or warning situation and spreads it on the information network or other media, or knowingly spreads it on the information network or other media, thus seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.

Anti-epidemic is a buzzword, which was selected as one of the top ten buzzwords in China media in 2020. Novel coronavirus (20 19, coronavirus pneumonia-19), referred to as "COVID-19", was named "20 19 coronavirus disease" by the World Health Organization, which refers to the pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus infection in 20 19. Since 20 19 and 12, many cases of unexplained pneumonia with a history of exposure to the seafood market in South China have been found in some hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and were diagnosed as acute respiratory infectious diseases caused by novel coronavirus infection in 20 19. According to the existing case data, novel coronavirus is mainly characterized by fever, dry cough and fatigue, and a few patients are accompanied by symptoms of upper respiratory tract and digestive tract such as nasal congestion, runny nose and diarrhea.