Table 1.

Brief descriptions of selected public health and social measures (PHSM) captured in the Health Intervention Tracking for COVID-19 (HIT-COVID) database.

Domain	Interventions	Details
Restrictions of travel and movement	Border closures	Control of population movement into the administrative unit
	Limiting movement within administrative unit borders	Closures of towns, cities, and roads, effectively limiting movement within an administrative unit
	Household confinement	Restricting individuals to their place of residence, including curfews, except when fulfilling essential needs
Social and physical distancing measures	Closures of public institutions and public areas	Closures of schools, offices, transportation, and public spaces such as parks
	Closures of non-public institutions and areas	Closures of office, leisure, entertainment, religious venues, restaurants, retail stores, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities
	Limiting gatherings	Limits on the size of social gatherings
Surveillance and response measures	Symptom screening at borders	Implementation of symptom screening upon arrival at an administrative unit
	Testing individuals	Testing individuals based on pre-specified symptom criteria for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 Testing individuals irrespective of symptoms
	Contact tracing	Tracing and monitoring contacts of identified cases
	Quarantine and home-isolation	Separating and restricting movements of individuals who may have been exposed (quarantine) or have symptoms and/or confirmed infection (isolation)
Other measures	Military and police deployment	Deployment of military and/or police to enforce COVID-19 related rules and restrictions
	State of emergency	State of emergency declarations which endow governments with additional powers to enforce policies
	Mandated face mask use	Requirements for the general population to wear a facemask in public