Table 1

Major policy responses worldwide (data as of September 26, 2021)

PolicyCountry (among countries that implemented these policies)
School closure
  • a) Required (all levels): Canada, Ukraine, Iraq, Uganda, Cuba, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines

  • b) Required (only at some levels): Australia, Japan, Cambodia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Italy, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Suriname, United States

Workplace closure
  • a) Required for all but key workers: Australia, China, Cambodia, Mali, Canada, Chile, Panama, Brunei

  • b) Required for some: Madagascar, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Philippines, Thailand, Nigeria, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Peru

Cancellation of public events and gatherings
  • a) Required cancellations: Australia, China, Russia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Gabon, Uganda, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, United States, Canada, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Guyana

Stay-at-home home restrictions
  • a) Required (few exceptions): Malaysia, China, Central African Republic, Panama

  • b) Required (except essentials): New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Gabon, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia

Face coverings
  • a) Required outside the home at all the times: Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Romania, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru

  • b) Required in all public spaces: Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, United States, Argentina

  • c) Required in some public spaces: China, South Sudan, Yemen, Poland, Germany, Austria, Nigeria, Serbia, Hungary, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal

Public information campaigns
  • a) Coordinated information campaign: Australia, Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Italy, Spain, Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea

  • b) Public officials urged caution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Thailand, Gambia, Jamaica

Restrictions on internal movement
  • a) Movement restricted: China, Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Iraq, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, France, Austria, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Gabon, Guinea, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Suriname, United States, Canada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic

International travel controls
  • a) Total border closure: Australia, Japan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Brunei, Eritrea, Madagascar, Argentina, Bolivia

Contact tracing
  • a) Comprehensive tracing (all cases): Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Iceland, Norway, Ireland, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, South Africa, Botswana, Cambodia

Income support
  • a) Covers >50% of lost salary: Singapore, Japan, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Poland, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Qatar

  • b) Covers <50% of lost salary: Russia, China, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria, Portugal, Egypt, Iraq, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador

  • c) No income support: United States, Mexico, Chile, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Tajikistan

Debt and contract relief
  • a) Broad relief: China, Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Japan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba

  • b) Narrow relief: United States, Canada, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Nepal, South Korea, Sweden, Finland, Ghana, Algeria, Congo, Somalia, Belarus, Kuwait, Iraq, Peru

  • c) No relief: Chile, Brazil, Suriname, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Germany, France, Madagascar, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cameroon, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, the Philippines

Source(s): Our World in Data (2021) 

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