Table 2A.
Type and Duration of Restrictions During the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic.
| Country | Lockdown |
Restrictions | No. of weeks in Lockdown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| start | end | |||
| Germany | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to general population | 0 |
| Sweden | – | – | Ban on gatherings, stay-at-home advice to at-risk population | 0 |
| Netherlands | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to general population | 0 |
| Spain | 14/03/2020 | 11/5/2020 | Stay-at-home-order | 8.28 |
| Italy | 10/3/2020 | 4/5/2020 | Stay-at-home-order | 7.85 |
| France | 17/03/2020 | 11/5/2020 | Stay-at-home-order | 7.85 |
| Denmark | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to at-risk population | 0 |
| Greece | 23/03/2020 | 4/5/2020 | Stay-at-home-order | 6 |
| Switzerland | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to at-risk population | 0 |
| Belgium | 18/03/2020 | 9/5/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 7.42 |
| Israel | 19/03/2020 | 4/5/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 6.57 |
| Czech Republic | 16/03/2020 | 24/04/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 5.57 |
| Poland | 24/03/2020 | 18/04/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 3.57 |
| Luxembourg | 18/03/2020 | 19/04/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 4.57 |
| Hungary | 27/03/2020 | 18/05/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 7.42 |
| Slovenia | 19/03/2020 | 4/5/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 6.57 |
| Estonia | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to general population | 0 |
| Croatia | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to general population | 0 |
| Lithuania | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home-advice to general population | 0 | ||
| Bulgaria | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings | 0 |
| Cyprus | 24/03/2020 | 3/5/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 5.71 |
| Finland | – | – | Ban on gatherings, stay-at-home advice to at-risk population | 0 |
| Latvia | – | – | Ban on gatherings, stay-at-home advice to general population | 0 |
| Malta | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings, stay-at-home advice to at-risk population | 0 |
| Romania | 22/03/2020 | 13/05/2020 | Stay-at-home order | 7.42 |
| Slovakia | – | – | Non-essential shops closed, ban on gatherings | 0 |
This Table summarizes the type and duration of the restrictions adopted in various European countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/download-data-response-measures-covid-19)
N.B.: Lockdown is considered as the result of a "Stay-at-home order" for the general population.
A "Stay-at-home order" is an order from a government authority that severely restricts the movement of the population, adopted as a mass quarantine strategy.