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Infectious Diseases and… Z. Zandie and SM. Mousawi (185
occurred over the last few governments were liable
decades. (Ross et al, 2015) for the loss and destruction
The outbreak of various of property caused by
infectious diseases in the natural disasters.
last decade proves this claim: Governments, on the other
Outbreak of acute respiratory hand, have been forced to
syndrome (SARS) in 2007, restrict the individual rights
Influenza A and H5N1 of a large number of their
(bird flu) in 2007, H1N1 citizens in order to ensure
flu (swine flu) in 2009, the health of the people,
Middle East Acute Respiratory maintain social security,
Syndrome in 2012 and and their survival, citing
Ebola in 2014. Therefore, the rule of law. Under these
the incidence of pandemics circumstances, Governments
is decreasing. tightly monitor public freedoms.
Governments have a primary The premise of examining
liability to ensure that the Government responsibility
risk of natural disasters is during an outbreak of
reduced, responded to, and coronavirus is that dealing
improved in their territories. with the disease at the
For example; the ruling of national level requires a
the European Court of Human model of coherent, purposeful,
Rights in the Case of and legitimate action. The
Budayeva and Others v. examination of the issue is
Russia (2008) declared that based on the assumption
