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. 2020 Dec 29;15(12):e0244177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244177

Table 1. Policy coding used in the OxCGRT database.

ID Description Policy level
C1 Record closings of schools and universities 0—no measures
1—recommend closing
2—require closing (only some levels or categories, eg just high school, or just public schools)
3—require closing all levels
Blank—no data
C2 Record closings of workplaces 0—no measures
1—recommend closing (or recommend work from home)
2—require closing (or work from home) for some sectors or categories of workers
3—require closing (or work from home) for all-but-essential workplaces (eg grocery stores, doctors)
Blank—no data
C3 Record cancelling public events 0—no measures
1—recommend cancelling
2—require cancelling
Blank—no data
C4 Record limits on private gatherings 0—no restrictions
1—restrictions on very large gatherings (the limit is above 1000 people)
2—restrictions on gatherings between 101–1000 people
3—restrictions on gatherings between 11–100 people
4—restrictions on gatherings of 10 people or less
Blank—no data
C5 Record closing of public transport 0—no measures
1—recommend closing (or significantly reduce volume/route/means of transport available)
2—require closing (or prohibit most citizens from using it)
Blank—no data
C6 Record orders to "shelter-in-place" and otherwise confine to the home 0—no measures
1—recommend not leaving house
2—require not leaving house with exceptions for daily exercise, grocery shopping, and 'essential' trips
3—require not leaving house with minimal exceptions (eg allowed to leave once a week, or only one person can leave at a time, etc)
Blank—no data
C7 Record restrictions on internal movement between cities/regions 0—no measures
1—recommend not to travel between regions/cities
2—internal movement restrictions in place
Blank—no data
C8 Record restrictions on international travel 0—no restrictions
1—screening arrivals
2—quarantine arrivals from some or all regions
3—ban arrivals from some regions
4—ban on all regions or total border closure
Blank—no data
H1 Record presence of public info campaigns 0—no COVID-19 public information campaign
1—public officials urging caution about COVID-19
2- coordinated public information campaign (eg across traditional and social media)
Blank—no data
H2 Record government policy on who has access to testing 0—no testing policy
1—only those who both (a) have symptoms AND (b) meet specific criteria (eg key workers, admitted to hospital, came into contact with a known case, returned from overseas)
2—testing of anyone showing COVID-19 symptoms
3—open public testing (eg "drive through" testing available to asymptomatic people)
Blank—no data
H3 Record government policy on contact tracing after a positive diagnosis 0—no contact tracing
1—limited contact tracing; not done for all cases
2—comprehensive contact tracing; done for all identified cases