| Ex. FOR-047 | Public Safety Canada, 'Border Measures' (Parliamentary Committee binder, June 25, 2021): pre-departure molecular testing, ArriveCAN, on-arrival testing, 3-night government-authorized hotel stopover for air arrivals, land-border testing from Feb. 22, 2021, 14-day quarantineBorder Measures (Quarantine Act Emergency Order summary) | Public Safety Canada (parliamentary binder, June 25, 2021) describing the Quarantine Act Emergency Orders in Council then in force | Canada (federal)Foreign government | June 25, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-045 | Declaration of a State of Emergency in response to the Novel Coronavirus Disease (Jan. 7, 2021) (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa; expanded Jan. 13, 2021 to Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Fukuoka, Tochigi)[COVID-19] Declaration of a State of Emergency (January 7) | Government of Japan (Prime Minister's Office), under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures | JapanForeign government | Jan. 7, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hours | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-027 | Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefecturesThird and fourth states of emergency (2021) | Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures | JapanForeign government | Apr. 23, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-035 | Nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert (raised May 15, 2021 for Taipei and New Taipei and May 19, 2021 nationwide), extended by the CECC announcement of July 8, 2021 to July 26, 2021 with partial relaxation from July 13, 2021; entry of non-resident foreign nationals and transit suspended from May 19, 2021CECC extends nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert until July 26 to safeguard disease prevention efforts in the community; CECC to partially… | Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare | TaiwanForeign government | July 8, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-032 | MCO 2.0 (Jan. 13, 2021, selected states); nationwide MCO 3.0 from May 12, 2021; nationwide 'total lockdown' (Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan) from June 1, 2021, with essential manufacturing limited to a 60 percent workforce and other sectors closed; NRP phases through the third quarter of 2021MCO 2.0, MCO 3.0 and the June 1, 2021 total lockdown | Prime Minister's Office and National Security Council; Ministry of International Trade and Industry (manufacturing approvals) | MalaysiaForeign government | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitSupply chain | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-013 | Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/892 of 18 June 2021 amending Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 (adding the United States to Annex I), as described in the Council press release of June 18, 2021Council updates the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted (United States added) | Council of the European Union (press release describing Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/892 of 18 June 2021) | European Union / Schengen areaForeign government | June 18, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-004 | Government of Canada announcement, 'Easing border measures for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada: permitting discretionary travel for citizens and permanent residents of the United States' (July 19, 2021)Easing border measures for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada | Public Health Agency of Canada (Government of Canada news release) | Canada (federal)Foreign government | July 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-036 | CECC announcement of Aug. 9, 2021 maintaining the Level 2 epidemic alert from Aug. 10 to Aug. 23, 2021 (subsequently extended through the third quarter of 2021)CECC to maintain Level 2 epidemic alert from August 10 to August 23 | Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control | TaiwanForeign government | Aug. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-014 | Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1346 of 30 August 2021 amending Council Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 (removing the United States from Annex I) (OJ L 306, 31.8.2021)Amendment of the list of third countries: United States removed | Council of the European Union | European Union / Schengen areaForeign government | Aug. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantine | Primary source read | |