Table 1 Key variables from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker at the height of restrictions (OxCGRT)
Country | Preschool, nursery, school closures | Workplace closures | Public transport closure | Restrictions on domestic travel | Stay at home requirements | Limit on private gatherings (how many people can get together) | Ability to go outside for exercise* | Playground, skate park closures** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Kept open for children of essential workers. | Required closing (or work from home) for some sectors or categories of workers | No measures | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Yes - for exercise | All closed |
Bangladesh | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Not allowed | All closed |
China | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with minimal exceptions (eg allowed to leave once a week, or only one person can leave at a time, etc) | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Yes - but encouraged to reduce if possible | Partial playground and skate park closures |
Hong Kong | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for some sectors or categories of workers | No measures | No measures | Recommend not leaving house | There was no limit on how many people can congregate in private settings or at work, but not allowed to assemble in groups of more than 4 for public gatherings | Yes, but leisure venues for public gatherings were closed | All closed |
India | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (only open for emergency services) | Internal movement not allowed except for emergency with prior permission of police | Require not leaving house with minimal exceptions (eg allowed to leave once a week, or only one person can leave at a time) | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Not Allowed | All closed |
Indonesia | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for some sectors or categories of workers | Recommend closing (or significantly reduce volume /route/means of transport available) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Yes - for exercise | All closed |
Malaysia | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | No measures | Internal movement restrictions in place | Recommend not leaving house | Restrictions on gatherings between 50 people | Not allowed | All closed |
Morocco | Stop teaching at all levels, public | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | limitation of travel between neighbourhood, regions and between cities | Leaving house not allowed with exceptions for health emergency, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Prohibition of professional and private gatherings Professional meetings to be limited except nb. Limited and respecting the safety instructions | Not allowed | All closed |
Pakistan | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Allowed only until 5 pm | All closed |
Spain | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Recommend closing (or significantly reduce volume /route/means of transport available) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for grocery shopping and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Not allowed | All closed |
Sri Lanka | Required closing | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with minimal exceptions (eg allowed to leave once a week, or only one person can leave at a time) | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Not allowed | All closed |
Sweden | Preschool open. | Recommend closing (or recommend work from home) | No closure, however, fewer people per vehicle encouraged | Recommend not to travel between regions/cities (> 2 h from home) | No recommendation | Restrictions on gatherings between 50 people | Yes-allowed | All open |
United States | Kept open for children of essential workers. The majority of children stayed at home | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Recommend closing (or significantly reduce volume /route/means of transport available) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less | Yes - “Take a walk, ride your bike, hike, jog and be in nature for exercise — just keep at least 6 feet between you and others.” | All closed |
Vietnam | Required closures | Required closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors) | Required closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it) | Internal movement restrictions in place | Require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and ‘essential’ trips | Restrictions on gatherings of 2 people or less at public places outside workplace, schools, hospitals; 2 m distancing | Yes - but encouraged to reduce if possible | All closed |