| Ex. FOR-023 | Notice No. 1 (Jan. 23, 2020): suspension of public transport and outbound travel from Wuhan; Hubei provincial lockdown; State Council extension of the Spring Festival holiday (Jan. 26-27, 2020) and staggered work resumption (Feb. 2020)Wuhan lockdown notice | Wuhan Municipal Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters (reported by Xinhua) | China - Hubei Province / WuhanForeign government | Jan. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineSupply chain | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-031 | Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 [P.U.(A) 87/2020, Mar. 17, 2020] and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 [P.U.(A) 91/2020, Mar. 18, 2020] - the Movement Control Order (MCO), as reproduced in Malaysian Bar Circular No. 066/2020Movement Control Order regulations | Minister of Health under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342); National Security Council (Movement Control Order) | MalaysiaForeign government | Mar. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSupply chain | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-005 | O. Reg. 82/20, Closure of Places of Non-Essential Businesses (made Mar. 24, 2020, 6:15 p.m.; filed Mar. 24, 2020)Order under subsection 7.0.2(4) - Closure of Places of Non-Essential Businesses | Lieutenant Governor in Council (Order under s. 7.0.2(4) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act) | Canada - OntarioForeign government | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-028 | Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) dated Mar. 24, 2020 (21-day nationwide lockdown from Mar. 25, 2020), with Guidelines (Ex. FOR-029); extended Apr. 14 (to May 3), May 1 (to May 17), May 17 (to May 31, 2020); 'Unlock' orders from June 1, 2020Nationwide lockdown order | Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Home Secretary), under s. 10(2)(l) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 | India (Union)Foreign government | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-029 | Guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/Departments of Government of India, State/Union Territory Governments and State/Union Territory Authorities for containment of COVID-19 epidemic in the country (Annexure to Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A), Mar. 24, 2020)Lockdown Guidelines (Annexure) | Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | India (Union)Foreign government | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-017 | The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/350First national lockdown: closure of businesses; restrictions on movement and gatherings | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | United Kingdom - EnglandForeign government | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-007 | ACUERDO por el que se establecen acciones extraordinarias para atender la emergencia sanitaria generada por el virus SARS-CoV2 (DOF Mar. 31, 2020)Acuerdo establishing extraordinary actions: immediate suspension of non-essential activities | Secretaria de Salud | Mexico (federal)Foreign government | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-033 | Directive 16/CT-TTg (Mar. 31, 2020): nationwide social distancing Apr. 1-15, 2020; Ho Chi Minh City under Directive 16 from July 9, 2021; sixteen southern localities under Directive 16 from July 18-19, 2021; factories required to house workers on site ('three on-site') from July 2021; restrictions eased Oct. 1, 2021Vietnam Briefing tracker: Vietnam business operations and the coronavirus | Prime Minister of Vietnam (Directive 16/CT-TTg, Mar. 31, 2020); Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and southern provincial People's Committees (July-Sept. 2021), as tracked by Vietnam Briefing (Dezan Shira & Associates) | VietnamForeign government | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-026 | Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 7, 2020), expanded nationwide Apr. 16, 2020Declaration of a State of Emergency | Prime Minister of Japan (Cabinet), under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures for Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response (Act No. 31 of 2012) | JapanForeign government | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-008 | ACUERDO por el que se modifica el similar por el que se establecen acciones extraordinarias para atender la emergencia sanitaria generada por el virus SARS-CoV2 (DOF Apr. 21, 2020)Acuerdo extending the suspension of non-essential activities to May 30, 2020 | Secretaria de Salud | Mexico (federal)Foreign government | Apr. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-009 | ACUERDO por el que se establece una estrategia para la reapertura de las actividades sociales, educativas y economicas, asi como un sistema de semaforo por regiones para evaluar semanalmente el riesgo epidemiologico relacionado con la reapertura de actividades en cada entidad federativa, asi como se establecen acciones extraordinarias (DOF May 14, 2020)Reopening strategy and semaforo (traffic-light) system; construction, mining and transportation-equipment manufacturing declared essential… | Secretaria de Salud | Mexico (federal)Foreign government | May 14, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-021 | The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/684Continued closures and gathering limits after the first lockdown | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | United Kingdom - EnglandForeign government | July 3, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-019 | The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/1200Second national lockdown | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | United Kingdom - EnglandForeign government | Nov. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-020 | The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) and (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/8Third national lockdown (all of England placed in Tier 4) | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | United Kingdom - EnglandForeign government | Jan. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | 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-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 | |