Table 3.
Testing, contact tracing and movement restrictions (the first wave COVID-19, until 1.05.20) (created using Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, Blavatnik School of Government. Data use policy: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY standard, https://ourworldindata.org/policy-responses-covid).
| Country | Testing Policy | Contact Tracing | Stay-at-Home Restrictions | Restrictions on Internal Movement | International Travel Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 32 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
4 March 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
19 March 2020 Required 27 April 2020 Required with exceptions |
20 March 2020 Restrict movement 27 April 2020 Recommended |
10 March 2020 Quarantine from high-risk regions 16 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Australia | 25 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 27 April 2020 Open public testing |
25 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
24 March 2020 Recommended 3 April 2020 Required with exceptions |
19 March 2020 Restrict movement |
1 February 2020 Ban on high-risk regions 20 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Brazil | 23 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
1 April 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
13 March 2020 Recommended |
17 March 2020 Restrict movement |
13 March 2020 Quarantine from high-risk regions 19 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions 27 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Canada | 25 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 9 March 2020 Anyone with symptoms 19 March 2020 Open public testing |
December, 2019 Limited tracing |
14 March 2020 Recommended |
20 March 2020 Restrict movement |
22 January 2020 Screening 18 March 2020 Total border closure |
| China | December, 2019 Symptoms and key groups 16 February 2020 Anyone with symptoms 31 March 2020 Open public testing |
December, 2019 Limited tracing 5 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
23 January 2020 Recommended 1 February 2020 Required 8 April 2020 Recommended |
23 January 2020 Restrict movement 8 April 2020 Recommended |
25 February 2020 Quarantine from high-risk regions 26 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| Egypt | 14 February 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
14 February 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
25 March 2020 Required with exceptions |
25 March 2020 Restrict movement |
19 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Ethiopia | 14 February 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
13 March 2020 Limited tracing |
8 April 2020 Recommended |
26 March 2020 Restrict movement |
28 January 2020 Screening 23 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| Greece | 8 April 2020 Anyone with symptoms |
- | 23 March 2020 Required with exceptions |
21 March 2020 Restrict movement |
14 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| India | 25 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 9 April 2020 Open public testing |
26 January 2020 Limited tracing 31 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
26 January 2020 Recommended 22 March 2020 Required |
16 March 2020 Recommended 20 March 2020 Restrict movement |
26 January 2020 Screening 13 March 2020 Quarantine from high-risk regions 15 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions 22 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Iran | - | - | 19 March 2020 Recommended |
5 March 2020 Restrict movement |
- |
| Italy | 31 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 26 February 2020 Anyone with symptoms |
31 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
23 February 2020 Required with exceptions 20 March 2020 Required 10 April 2020 Required with exceptions |
21 February 2020 Restrict movement |
23 January 2020 Screening 30 January 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| South Korea | 22 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 7 February 2020 Open public testing |
29 January 2020 Limited tracing 11 February 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
23 February 2020 Recommended 21 March 2020 Required with exceptions 18 April 2020 Recommended 20 April 2020 No measures |
23 February 2020 Recommended 21 March 2020 Restrict movement 18 April 2020 Recommended 21 April 2020 No measures |
4 February 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| Singapore | 2 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 23 January 2020 Anyone with symptoms |
20 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
3 April 2020 Recommended 8 April 2020 Required with exceptions 19 June 2020 Recommended |
3 April 2020 Recommended 8 April 2020 Restrict movement 19 June 2020 No restrictions |
2 January 2020 Screening 23 January 2020 Ban on high-risk region 10 April 2020 Quarantine from high-risk regions |
| Spain | 24 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups 5 April 2020 Anyone with symptoms 11 April 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
31 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
14 March 2020 Required with exceptions |
9 March 2020 Recommended |
10 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions 17 March 2020 Total border closure |
| Sweden | 31 January 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
31 January 2020 Comprehensive tracing |
25 March 2020 Recommended |
4 April 2020 Recommended |
19 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |
| Switzerland | 7 March 2020 Symptoms and key groups |
15 February 2020 Limited tracing |
17 March 2020 Recommended |
17 March 2020 Recommended |
13 March 2020 Ban on high-risk regions |