The state of Victoria, particularly its capital city of Melbourne, the country's second most populous city with five million residents, entered an extended lockdown on 7 July 2020 in response to a rapidly growing community outbreak. The country entered a general nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic, which was lifted on 15 May. Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in AustraliaĪ barrier on the state border of Queensland and New South Wales preventing interstate travel in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.Ī number of Australian states, territories, and cities have implemented lockdowns in response to the pandemic. Because banks were excluded in the list of businesses that were considered essential in Fernandez's lockdown decree, they remained closed until the Central Bank announced banks would open during a weekend starting on 3 April 2020. įernández announced a one-time emergency payment of 10,000 pesos (US$154) to lower-income individuals whose income was affected by the lockdown, including retirees. The University of Buenos Aires also made a survey, in which most people agreed to the measures taken by the president. Image of Fernández increased during the first weeks of the lockdown according to some surveys, but later suffered a slightly decrease in April 2020 due to the prolongation of the lockdown. The announcement of the lockdown was generally well received, although there were concerns with its economic impact in the already delicate state of Argentina's economy, with analysts predicting at least 3% GDP decrease in 2020. On 29 March 2020, Fernández announced that the mandatory lockdown would be extended until 12 April 2020. Guidelines to relieve the situation for non-formal sector.Creation of a government department that works on the pandemic and economic issues, and.Exception of the lockdown to state, health, food production, drugs production and oil industry workers and security forces,.Penalties to those that cannot justify their transit on the streets according to the Penal Code,.Transit control on the streets by Naval Prefecture, National Gendarmerie and Federal Police,.Allowance of purchases of foods, medicines and first need products,.The move of Malvinas Day from 2 April to 31 March 2020,.The 'preventive and mandatory social isolation' included the following measures: It was among the strictest measures in the region. It would take effect from 20 March 2020 until 31 March 2020. On 19 March 2020, President Alberto Fernández announced a mandatory lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Ī few countries and territories did not use the strategy, including Japan, Belarus, Sweden, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tanzania, two states in Brazil and certain United States states.Ĭountries and territories with lockdowns As of October 2021, the city of Melbourne, Australia, and certain cities in Peru and Chile spent the most cumulative days in lockdown over separate periods, although measures varied between these countries.

The world's longest continuous lockdown lasting 234 days took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2020. On 24 March 2020, the entire 1.3 billion population of India was ordered to stay at home during its lockdown, making it the largest of the pandemic. īeginning with the first lockdown in China's Hubei province and nationwide in Italy in March, lockdowns continued to be implemented in many countries throughout 20. Schools, universities and colleges have closed either on a nationwide or local basis in 63 countries, affecting approximately 47 percent of the world's student population. In many cases, only essential businesses are allowed to remain open.

Some include total movement control while others have enforced restrictions based on time. Countries and territories around the world enforced lockdowns of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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