Is it legal to shut down the community?

Legal analysis: It is legal. During the epidemic, if the local government issues documents, communities and village neighborhood committees can carry out self-help work.

Legal basis: Article 55 of the Emergency Response Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Residents' committees, villagers' committees and other organizations in the place where emergencies occur shall, according to the decisions and orders of the local people's government, carry out publicity and mobilization, organize the masses to carry out self-help and mutual assistance, and help maintain social order.

"People's Republic of China (PRC) Emergency Response Law" Article 49 After a natural disaster, accident or public health incident occurs, the people's government performing unified leadership duties may take one or more of the following emergency measures:

(1) Organizing the rescue and treatment of victims, evacuating, evacuating and properly placing threatened persons, and taking other rescue measures;

(2) Quickly control dangerous sources, mark dangerous areas, block dangerous places, delimit warning areas, and implement traffic control and other control measures;

(3) immediately repair the damaged public facilities such as transportation, communication, water supply, drainage, power supply, gas supply and heating. , to provide shelter and daily necessities for threatened personnel, and to implement medical rescue, health and epidemic prevention and other safeguard measures;