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标题：Sanitary Protection and Space Activities
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作者：Oleksandr Zyma ; Olha Soloviova
期刊名称：Advanced Space Law
印刷版ISSN：2663-3655
电子版ISSN：2663-3663
出版年度：2020
卷号：6
页码：72-79
DOI：10.29202/asl/6/8
语种：English
出版社：International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology (ISPC)
摘要：The events of 2019-2020 have drawn attention to the threats that can be caused by uncontrolled outbreaks of poorly researched viral or infectious diseases. Sanitary (sanitary and epidemiologic) legislation is of certain importance in countering the epidemic. Its shortcomings are now evident, and significant improvements will be made in the near future at both national and international levels. Changes in the approach to space activities and their commercialization will soon lead to the regular impact (return) of objects of extraterrestrial origin or objects which have been in direct contact with them to the Earth. The issue of protection against possible entry of unexplored mass diseases of extraterrestrial origin into the planet remains unfaced. It is our hypothesis that such entry, particularly of viruses, is not excluded and could pose a significant threat to humanity. We develop proposals to establish a legal and regulatory framework to counter and overcome these threats. These proposals should be considered in modernizing the International Health Regulations and other health legislation.