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Countries and territories around the world enforced [[Social:COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]] of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some include total movement control while others have enforced restrictions based on time. In many cases, only essential businesses are allowed to remain open. Schools, universities and colleges have closed either on a nationwide or local basis in {{Education statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic|total}} countries, affecting approximately {{Education statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic|percentage}}<!--This information seems wrong compared to the source, but it is actually not. COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe. This phenomenon has led to short term as well as long term psychosocial and mental health implications for children and adolescents. The quality and magnitude of impact on minors is determined by many vulnerability factors like developmental age, educational status, pre-existing mental health condition, being economically underprivileged or being quarantined due to infection or fear of infection. The UNESCO source states the number of learners affected by nationwide closures, not the amount affected by both nationwide and local. Hover over the graph and you can see the number of total closures. By using cross multiplication, the correct answer is achieved. (1.576/91.3 is equal to 1.716/x)--> percent of the world's student population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures |title=COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response |date=4 March 2020 |publisher=[[Organization:UNESCO|UNESCO]] |access-date=28 March 2020 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319133215/https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AristovnikKeržič2020">{{cite journal | vauthors = Aristovnik A, Keržič D, Ravšelj D, Tomaževič N, Umek L|title = Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective| journal = Sustainability | volume = 12 | issue = 20 | pages=8438 | date = October 2020 | doi=10.3390/su12208438| doi-access = free}}</ref>

Beginning with the first lockdown in China's Hubei province<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pan|first1=Shan L.|last2=Cui|first2=Miao|last3=Qian|first3=Jinfang|date=October 2020|title=Information resource orchestration during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of community lockdowns in China|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102143|journal=International Journal of Information Management|volume=54|pages=102143|doi=10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102143|pmid=32394997|pmc=7211621|issn=0268-4012}}</ref> and nationwide in Italy in March, lockdowns continued to be implemented in many countries throughout 2020 and 2021. 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.<ref name="NYTimes">{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Gettleman|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Schultz|first2=Kai|date=24 March 2020|title=Modi Orders 3-Week Total Lockdown for All 1.3 Billion Indians|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/world/asia/india-coronavirus-lockdown.html|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The world's longest continuous lockdown lasting 234 days took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2020. 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.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Boaz|first=Judd|date=3 October 2021|title=Melbourne passes Buenos Aires' world record for time spent in lockdown|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-03/melbourne-longest-lockdown/100510710|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="abc.net.au">{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-25/fact-check-is-melbourne-most-locked-down-city/100560172 | title=Is Melbourne really the world's most locked-down city? | newspaper=ABC News | date=24 October 2021 }}</ref>

A few countries and territories did not use the strategy, including Japan, Belarus, Nicaragua, Sweden, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uruguay, two states in Brazil and certain United States states.

==Countries and territories with lockdowns==
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2021}}

=== Argentina ===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina|Mandatory lockdown}}

=== Australia ===
{{anchor|COVID-19 lockdowns#Australia}} <!-- "COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (lockdowns)" redirects here  -->
[[File:Qld Border Closure - Coolangatta Boundary St.jpg|thumb|A barrier on the state border of Queensland and New South Wales preventing interstate travel in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.]]

A number of Australian states, territories, and cities have implemented lockdowns in response to the pandemic. The country entered a general nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-starts-lockdown-measures-as-coronavirus-cases-jump|title=Australia starts lockdown measures as coronavirus cases jump|work=Straits Times|date=23 March 2020|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> which was lifted on 15 May 2020.<ref>[https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-biggest-state-to-ease-coronavirus-lockdown-from-may-15-idUKKBN22M01W "Australia's biggest state to ease coronavirus lockdown from May 15"] ''{{wipe|Reuters}}'' 10 May 2020, accessed 31 October 2020</ref>

The state of Victoria, particularly its capital city of [[Place:Melbourne|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. Initial measures included the closure of all non-essential services, including retail entertainment venues and gyms. Restaurant and bar establishments were permitted to open in take-away and delivery capacities only. Schools and childcare facilities were also ordered to close. Face coverings were made mandatory as of 23 July 2020, with a fine of $200 AUD for non-compliance to those above 12 years of age, although formal exemptions could be acquired. Initially scheduled to last six weeks, restrictions were tightened further on 2 August after cases continued to grow, including a ban on travel further than a five kilometre radius from place of residence, a nighttime curfew of 8pm to 5am, a one-hour limit on outdoor exercise, a one-person per day limit on shopping for essentials, and public gatherings limited to a maximum of two people.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 October 2020|title=Melbourne Covid lockdown rules and coronavirus restrictions explained|work={{wipe|The Guardian}}|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/30/melbourne-stage-4-restrictions-victoria-lockdown-rules-covid-19-stage-four-metropolitan-metro-explained-what-you-need-to-know|access-date=4 November 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Restrictions were progressively eased as the case rate declined, and were completely lifted on 28 October. With a total duration of 112 days, the Victorian lockdown was at the time the longest continuous period of COVID-19 lockdown globally as of October 2020.<ref name=":0d">{{#invoke:cite news||date=26 October 2020|title=Covid in Australia: Melbourne to exit 112-day lockdown|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54686812|access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> The lockdown resulted in the state recording zero active cases of COVID-19 in November 2020.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Victoria entered its fourth lockdown on 28 May 2021<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Willingham |first1=Richard and staff |title=Victoria to enter a COVID-19 lockdown as cases from Melbourne outbreak grow |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-27/victoria-covid-cases-melbourne-outbreak-lockdown-restrictions/100169172 |access-date=27 May 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=27 May 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="ABC News">{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Melbourne COVID-19 restrictions return as outbreak in northern suburbs grows to nine |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-25/melbourne-covid-cluster-grows-victoria-restrictions-return/100162644 |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=24 May 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> in response to an outbreak of the Delta variant.<ref name="abc-4th-lockdown-extend-7days">{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Melbourne's lockdown extended for another week, restrictions to ease in regional Victoria |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-02/new-covid-cases-recorded-in-victoria-lockdown-decision/100183416 |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2 June 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Originally scheduled for seven days, the lockdown was extended to two weeks and lifted on 10 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-10/covid-restrictions-for-regional-victoria-and-melbourne/100200590|title=Here are the new COVID restrictions for regional Victoria and Melbourne|date=10 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref> Another outbreak of the Delta variant saw Greater Sydney enter lockdown on 26 June 2021, scheduled to last until 16 July,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/nsw-covid-lockdown-expanded/100246622|title=COVID-19 lockdown expanded to cover Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Central Coast|date=26 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref> but extended by two weeks on 14 July<ref name="abc-sydney-lockdown-+2weeks">{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Malone |first1=Ursula |title=NSW records 97 new COVID-19 cases, lockdown extended for two weeks |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-14/nsw-records-97-new-covid19-cases-lockdown-extended/100291702 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 July 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> then until 28 August<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-27/nsw-premier-to-announce-greater-sydney-lockdown-extension/100328276|title=NSW government to extend Greater Sydney COVID-19 lockdown by another four weeks|date=27 July 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref> and the end of September 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Nguyen |first1=Kevin |title=Sydney lockdown extended for one month as NSW records 644 COVID-19 cases, four deaths |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-14/nsw-records-97-new-covid19-cases-lockdown-extended/100291702 |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 August 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref>  Combined with snap lockdowns declared in Brisbane, Perth, and Darwin, more than 12 million people were in lockdown across Australia on 29 June 2021.<ref name="strait-times-12mill.-lockdown">{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Half of Australia's population in lockdown as Covid-19 Delta variant spreads |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/half-of-australias-population-in-lockdown-as-delta-covid-19-variant-spreads |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |agency=Bloomberg, Reuters |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings Pty Ltd |date=29 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Brief "snap lockdowns" in response to new clusters, particularly of the Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants, have been implemented at various times across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/politics/snap-lockdowns-essential-for-now-treasury-c-3582489|title=Snap lockdowns essential for now: Treasury|date=3 August 2021|website=Seven News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-premier-loves-a-snap-lockdown-and-so-does-the-public-poll-reveals-20210713-p589cj.html|title=WA Premier loves a snap lockdown – and so does the public, poll reveals|date=14 July 2021|website=WAtoday}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ampcapital.com/europe/en/insights-hub/articles/2021/june/the-never-ending-coronavirus-pandemic-why-snap-lockdowns-in-Australia-make-sense-until-herd-immunity-is-reached|title=The never-ending coronavirus pandemic – why snap lockdowns in Australia make sense until herd immunity is reached|date=29 June 2021|website=AMP Capital}}</ref>

Metropolitan Melbourne's 6th lockdown ended in October 2021, with the city spending among the longest amounts of time spent in lockdown in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/melbourne-overtake-buenos-aires-world-061444590.html|title=Melbourne to overtake Buenos Aires as world's most locked-down city on October 4|date=23 September 2021|website=Yahoo}}ABC Australia, however conducted a fact check which cast doubt on the veracity of this claim given the limited data available and lack of comparators.</ref><ref name="abc.net.au"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|+Snap lockdowns over time
|-
! Area
! Date
! Duration<br />(days)
! Ref
|-
| South Australia
| 19–22 November 2020
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-18/sa-coronavirus-lockdown-explained/12895856|title=South Australia's coronavirus lockdown explained — what's open and what's closed|date=18 November 2020|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/sa-covid-six-day-adelaide-lockdown-to-end-on-saturday-with-zero-new-cases-identified-c-1616975|title=SA COVID six-day Adelaide lockdown to end on Saturday with zero new cases identified|date=20 November 2020|publisher=Seven News}}</ref>
|-
| Greater Brisbane (Qld)
| 8–11 January 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-08/coronavirus-queensland-lockdown-explained/13041766|title=Greater Brisbane is in a three-day lockdown. Here's what you need to know|date=8 January 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-11/greater-brisbane-coronavirus-lockdown-over-gyms-restaurants-open/13048230|title=Greater Brisbane's coronavirus lockdown is over and pubs, clubs, restaurants and gyms have reopened to patrons|date=11 January 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Perth, Peel, and the South West (WA)
| 31 January–5 February 2021
| 6
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/covid-quarantine-hotel-worker-tests-positive-in-perth-wa/13106968|title=Coronavirus lockdown announced for Perth and South West after quarantine hotel worker tests positive|date=31 January 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-06/wa-emerges-from-covid-lockdown-as-restrictions-lift-across-state/13128776|title=Perth, Peel and South West emerge from COVID lockdown as restrictions lift across the state|date=6 February 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Victoria
| 13–17 February 2021
| 4
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-12/victoria-coronavirus-lockdown-announced-by-daniel-andrews/13128514|title=Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus lockdown for Victoria in response to 'hyper-infectious' UK strain|date=12 February 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Greater Brisbane (Qld)
| 29 March–1 April 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-29/qld-coronavirus-outbreak-contact-tracing-lockdown/100034850|title=Greater Brisbane will go into a three-day lockdown after recording 10 new cases of coronavirus, four in the community|date=29 March 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-01/qld-covid-brisbane-easter-lockdown-lifts-community-transmission/100035948|title=Brisbane's lockdown now lifted after only one case of community transmission|date=1 April 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Perth and Peel (WA)
| 23–26 April 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-23/what-are-the-perth-lockdown-rules-coronavirus/100092368|title=What are the rules for the three-day lockdown in Perth and Peel regions?|date=23 April 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-26/no-new-coronavirus-cases-as-wa-covid-19-lockdown-ends/100094918|title=Perth lockdown ends as no new COVID community cases recorded|date=26 April 2021|work=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Regional Victoria
| 28 May–3 June 2021
| 7
|
|-
| Metropolitan Melbourne (Vic)
| 28 May–10 June 2021
| 14 (originally 7)
| <ref name="ABC News"/>
|-
| Darwin (NT)
| 27 June–2 July 2021
| 5 (originally 2)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/nt-records-one-new-covid-19-case-as-lockdown-extended/100248942|title=Greater Darwin lockdown extended by 72 hours as NT records one new case of COVID-19|date=28 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Perth and Peel (WA)
| 28 June–2 July 2021
| 4
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/wa-coronavirus-perth-peel-hard-lockdown/100250920|title=Perth and Peel plunged into lockdown after another local coronavirus case detected|date=28 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Greater Brisbane (Qld)
| 29 June–3 July 2021
| 4
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-29/queensland-coronavirus-delta-palaszczuk-lockdown/100249626|title=Queenslanders heading for three-day lockdown after unvaccinated hospital worker tests positive to COVID-19|date=29 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Alice Springs (NT)
| 30 June–3 July 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-30/alice-springs-covid-lockdown-explained-what-you-need-to-know/100255574|title=Alice Springs snap COVID lockdown: everything you need to know|date=30 June 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Victoria
| 16–27 July 2021
| 11 (originally 5)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-15/melbourne-lockdown-response-to-covid-outbreak/100296220|title=Victoria to enter five-day snap lockdown as more COVID-19 cases recorded|date=15 July 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-20/victoria-covid-cases-ahead-of-lockdown-extension/100306232|title=Victoria's lockdown extended by a week, rules tightened for residents returning from red zones|date=20 July 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Central West (NSW)
| 20–27 July 2021
| 7
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-27/nsw-central-west-covid-19-lockdown-set-to-end-as-planned/100322798|title=NSW Central West lockdown to end as planned as testing blitz pays off|date=27 July 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| South Australia
| 20–27 July 2021
| 7
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/coronavirus/sa-covid-updates-tuesday-july-20/live-coverage/b3e0489ef1728ffbdd6173a0f9b9f44b|title=SA enters snap seven-day lockdown with one new case overnight, new exposure sites revealed|date=20 July 2021|website=Adelaide Now}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-26/sa-to-leave-lockdown-after-one-new-local-case/100323024|title=South Australian COVID–19 lockdown to end on Tuesday night after one new local case|date=26 July 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| South East Queensland (Qld)
| 31 July–8 August 2021
| 8 (originally 3)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-01/covid-lockdown-queensland-what-can-you-do/100340036|title=South-east Queensland enters three-day COVID lockdown as businesses and residents scramble to adhere to restrictions|date=1 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-05/covid-qld-latest-cases-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-lockdown/100343074|title=Queensland records 16 new community cases of COVID-19, 11 detected in ship off Gladstone coast|date=5 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|- 
| Hunter (NSW)
| 5 August-11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
| 67 (originally 7)
| <ref name="Hunterlockdown">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-05/hunter-lockdown-as-schools-close/100352262|title=Newcastle, Hunter in snap lockdown as COVID cases grow|date=5 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="345cases">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/nsw-records-345-covid-19-cases/100370274|title=NSW records 345 cases of locally acquired COVID-19, two deaths|date=12 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="RegionalNSWlockdown">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-14/regional-nsw-to-go-into-lockdown-from-5pm-today/100377702|title=Regional NSW to go into lockdown from 5:00pm today|date=14 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="Newcastlelockdownextended">{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Madeline|date=19 August 2021|title=Lockdown continues for Newcastle, Hunter as five new COVID-19 cases are discovered|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/hunter-joins-regional-nsw-extended-lockdown-as-five-new-cases/100389636|url-status=live|access-date=19 August 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819024700/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/hunter-joins-regional-nsw-extended-lockdown-as-five-new-cases/100389636 |archive-date=2021-08-19 }}</ref><ref name="abcblog">{{Cite web|date=25 August 2021|title=Live: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is giving a COVID update|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-26/covid-live-blog-nsw-vic-lockdown-press-conference/100407768|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825203515/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-26/covid-live-blog-nsw-vic-lockdown-press-conference/100407768 |archive-date=2021-08-25 }}</ref><ref name="roadmap">{{Cite web|date=27 September 2021|title=NSW Premier reveals roadmap out of lockdown as state records 787 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-27/nsw-787-new-covid19-cases-12-deaths/100493596|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927010931/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-27/nsw-787-new-covid19-cases-12-deaths/100493596 |archive-date=2021-09-27 }}</ref>
|-
| Upper Hunter (NSW)
| 5 August 2021 – 16 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
| 42 (originally 7)
| <ref name="Hunterlockdown"/><ref name="345cases"/><ref name="RegionalNSWlockdown"/><ref name="Newcastlelockdownextended"/><ref name="abcblog"/><ref name="AlburyLismorelockdown">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-16/covid-live-updates-nsw-victoria-lockdown-press-conference/100465328|title=Victoria to reach 70 per cent first doses target today, restrictions ease in 12 NSW regions|date=16 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Regional Victoria
| 5–10 August 2021
| 5 (originally 7)
| <ref name="vic6th">{{cite web|url=
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-05/victoria-covid-19-lockdown-restrictions-tightened-/100352444|title=Victoria enters sixth lockdown in response to new mystery COVID-19 cases|date=5 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/victoria-new-covid-cases-delta-outbreak/100360766|title=Lockdown to lift in regional Victoria as state records 11 new local COVID-19 cases|date=9 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|- 
| Metropolitan [[Place:Melbourne|Melbourne]] (Vic)
| 5 August 2021 – 21 October 2021
| 78{{Efn|End-date of lockdown was subject to the vaccine rollout. Restrictions were eased, when 70% of the 16yo+ population had been vaccinated}}(originally 7)
| <ref name="vic6th"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-11/victoria-covid-cases-melbourne-lockdown-extension/100366822|title=Melbourne lockdown extended by seven days as Victoria records 20 local COVID-19 cases|date=11 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Armidale (NSW)
| 7 August–10 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
| 34 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-07/nsw-records-new-covid-19-cases319/100358360|title=NSW COVID crisis deepens after record 319 new cases found, Armidale plunged into lockdown|date=7 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-14/nsw-records-466-cases-four-deaths-at-least-60-infectious/100377196|title=NSW records 466 new local COVID infections, four deaths|date=14 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="Record681">{{Cite web|last=Taouk|first=Maryanne|date=19 August 2021|title=Record 681 new COVID-19 cases in NSW as Berejiklian warns other states 'Delta will creep in'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/nsw-records-681-covid-cases-another-death/100389146|url-status=live|access-date=19 August 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819010935/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/nsw-records-681-covid-cases-another-death/100389146 |archive-date=2021-08-19 }}</ref><ref name="abcblog"/>
|-
| Cairns and Yarrabah (Qld)
| 8–11 August 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/qld-covid-cairns-three-day-lockdown-restrictions-taxi-driver/100360202|title=Cairns and Yarrabah enter three-day lockdown as tests reveal taxi driver case linked to reef pilot COVID case|date=9 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-11/queensland-coronavirus-cases-update-cairns-lockdown-testing/100360958|title=Cairns lockdown to lift as Queensland records four COVID-19 cases linked to school cluster|date=11 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| Tamworth (NSW)
| 9 August–10 September 2021
| 32 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/nsw-records-283-new-covid19-cases-on-monday/100361158|title=NSW records 283 new COVID-19 cases and another death|date=9 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="RegionalNSWlockdown"/><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/>
|-
| Byron Bay, Richmond Valley, Ballina, and Lismore (NSW)
| 9 August–10 September 2021
| 32 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/nsw-covid-byron-bay-into-lockdown/100362954|title=Byron Bay, Richmond Valley, Ballina, Lismore go into lockdown after COVID-19 case in region|date=9 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="RegionalNSWlockdown"/><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/>
|- 
| Dubbo (NSW)
| 11 August-11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
| 61 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-11/dubbo-lockdown-announced-as-second-covid-case-confirmed/100366842|title=Dubbo in lockdown, child's COVID-19 infection confirmed|date=11 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="RegionalNSWlockdown"/><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/><ref name="roadmap"/>
|- 
| Western New South Wales{{efn|Includes shires of Walgett and Bourke. Included Coonamble & Warren Shires until 11 September, Bogan Shire until 16 September, Gilgandra & Brewarrina Shires until 22 September, and Narromine Shire until 25 September.}}
| 11 August-11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
| 61 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-11/covid-case-walgett-dubbo-bathurst-jail-lockdown/100369258|title=Walgett COVID-19 case triggers widespread western New South Wales lockdowns|date=11 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/><ref name="roadmap"/>
|- 
| Australian Capital Territory
| 12 August–15 October 2021
| 63 (originally 7)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/canberra-records-new-case-of-covid-19-sending-act-into-lockdown/100370616|title=ACT to enter lockdown for 7 days from 5:00pm as one new case of COVID-19 recorded|date=12 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-16/act-records-new-covid-19-cases-including-lyneham-high-student/100379428|title=Canberra COVID-19 cluster grows to 28 as ACT records 19 new local cases|date=16 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-14/act-records-22-covid-cases-lockdown-extended-october-15/100459568|title=Canberra's lockdown extended until October 15 as ACT records 22 new COVID-19 cases|date=14 September 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-15/covid19-lockdown-has-ended-in-the-act-what-you-can-do/100536278|title=The COVID-19 lockdown has ended in the ACT — here's what you can and can't do|date=15 October 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
|Regional New South Wales{{efn|Applies for all others Regional NSW outside Hunter Region, Dubbo, Central West, South Coast, Goulburn, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Snowy Monaro and Western New South Wales}}
|14 August–10 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|28 (originally 7)
|<ref name="autob">{{Cite web|last=Rubbo|first=Luisa|date=15 August 2021|title='Total shock', but acceptance from many across regional NSW at snap lockdown|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-15/first-day-of-snap-lockdown-in-regional-areas/100342352|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815044420/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-15/first-day-of-snap-lockdown-in-regional-areas/100342352 |archive-date=2021-08-15 }}</ref><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/>
|-
|Orange (NSW)
|14 August–24 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|41 (originally 7)
|<ref name="autob"/><ref name="Record681"/><ref name="abcblog"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodburn|first=Joanna|date=23 September 2021|title=Orange freed from lockdown after more than a month under stay-at-home orders|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-23/central-west-towns-out-of-lockdown/100482380|url-status=live|access-date=23 September 2021|website=ABC News (Australia)|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923053151/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-23/central-west-towns-out-of-lockdown/100482380 |archive-date=2021-09-23 }}</ref>
|-
| Darwin (NT)
| 16–19 August 2021
| 3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-16/nt-covid-update-hugh-heggie-michael-gunner/100354990|title=NT records new case of COVID-19, triggering snap three-day lockdown|date=16 August 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
|Katherine (NT)
|16–20 August 2021
|4 (originally 3)
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vivian|first=Steve|date=19 August 2021|title=Greater Darwin COVID lockdown lifts but Katherine lockdown extended|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/greater-darwin-katherine-lockdowns-lift-nt-covid/100389216|url-status=live|access-date=19 August 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819013116/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/greater-darwin-katherine-lockdowns-lift-nt-covid/100389216 |archive-date=2021-08-19 }}</ref>
|-
|Regional Victoria
|21 August–9 September 2021
|19
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 August 2021|title=Lockdown Across Regional Victoria To Keep Us Safe {{!}} Premier of Victoria|url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/lockdown-across-regional-victoria-keep-us-safe|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Premier of Victoria|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821013252/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/lockdown-across-regional-victoria-keep-us-safe |archive-date=2021-08-21 }}</ref>
|- 
|Yass Valley (NSW)
|14–27 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|14
|<ref name="nsw-health-yass-lckdwn-13sept'21">{{cite press release |title=Stay-at-home order for Yass Valley Council |url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210913_01.aspx |website=www.health.nsw.gov.au |publisher=NSW Health |access-date=14 September 2021 |date=13 September 2021}}</ref>
|- 
|Ballarat (VIC)
|15–22 September 2021
|7
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2021|title=Ballarat to enter week-long lockdown as regional city records four cases|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/ballarat-enters-week-long-lockdown-from-tonight/100463764|url-status=live|access-date=15 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915035815/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/ballarat-enters-week-long-lockdown-from-tonight/100463764 |archive-date=2021-09-15 }}</ref>
|- 
|Albury and Lismore (NSW)
|16–23 September 2021
|7
|<ref name="AlburyLismorelockdown"/>
|- 
|Glen Innes (NSW)
|17–24 September 2021
|7
|<ref name="Glen">{{Cite web|date=15 September 2021|title=NSW to trial shorter quarantine periods for fully vaccinated arrivals, Glen Innes into lockdown|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-17/covid-live-blog-vaccine-blitz-over-60s-pfizer-jabs-pop-clinics/100469408|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916212512/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-17/covid-live-blog-vaccine-blitz-over-60s-pfizer-jabs-pop-clinics/100469408 |archive-date=2021-09-16 }}</ref>
|- 
|Hilltops (NSW)
|17 September–1 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|14 (originally 7)
|<ref name="Glen"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/7442373/hilltops-lockdown-extended-for-a-further-seven-days/|title=Hilltops lockdown extended for a further seven days|date=23 September 2021|website=youngwitness.com.au}}</ref>
|- 
|Greater Geelong and Surf Coast (Vic)
|20–26 September 2021
|7
|<ref name="Geel">{{Cite web|date=19 September 2021|title=Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire and Mitchell Shire plunged into seven-day snap lockdown|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-updates-greater-geelong-mitchell-shire-and-surf-coast-to-go-into-seven-day-lockdown/14289328-6f85-429e-b09d-07a2e34a5d11|url-status=live|access-date=19 September 2021|website=9 News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919065033/https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-updates-greater-geelong-mitchell-shire-and-surf-coast-to-go-into-seven-day-lockdown/14289328-6f85-429e-b09d-07a2e34a5d11 |archive-date=2021-09-19 }}</ref>
|- 
|Mitchell Shire (Vic)
|20 September 2021 – 13 October 2021
|23{{Efn|End-date of lockdown is subject to the vaccine rollout. Restrictions are set to be eased when 70% of the eligible population has been vaccinated}} (originally 7)
|<ref name="Geel"/><ref name="mitchell">{{Cite web|date=26 September 2021|title=Geelong and Surf Coast to open up, Mitchell Shire to stay in lockdown|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-greater-geelong-and-surf-coast-to-come-out-of-lockdown-while-mitchell-shire-to-remain/a950af91-663b-4af2-ad41-0661e8224460|url-status=live|access-date=26 September 2021|website=9 News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926023515/https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-greater-geelong-and-surf-coast-to-come-out-of-lockdown-while-mitchell-shire-to-remain/a950af91-663b-4af2-ad41-0661e8224460 |archive-date=2021-09-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 October 2021|title=Mitchell Shire in regional Victoria to exit lockdown at 11.59pm on Wednesday|url=https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/mitchell-shire-in-regional-victoria-to-exit-lockdown-at-1159pm-on-wednesday-c-4223306|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2021|website=7 News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013005446/https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/mitchell-shire-in-regional-victoria-to-exit-lockdown-at-1159pm-on-wednesday-c-4223306 |archive-date=2021-10-13 }}</ref>
|- 
|Cowra (NSW)
|20 September-5 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|14 (originally 7)
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 September 2021|title=Cowra records case number one of COVID-19 and will return to lockdown orders from today|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-20/western-nsw-town-returns-to-lockdown/100475826|url-status=live|access-date=20 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920021036/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-20/western-nsw-town-returns-to-lockdown/100475826 |archive-date=2021-09-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/7447379/cowras-lockdown-extended-for-further-seven-days/?cs=593|title=Cowra's lockdown extended for further seven days|date=27 September 2021|website=cowraguardian.com.au}}</ref>
|- 
|Byron Bay, Kempsey and Tweed Heads (NSW)
|21–28 September 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|7
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 September 2021|title=Byron, Kempsey and Tweed LGAs to go into lockdown from 5pm|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/covid-live-updates-sydney-melbourne-cases-restrictions-border/100478296|url-status=live|access-date=21 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920220728/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/covid-live-updates-sydney-melbourne-cases-restrictions-border/100478296 |archive-date=2021-09-20 }}</ref>
|-
|Muswellbrook (NSW)
|28 September–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|13 (originally 7)
|<ref name="PortMacMuswellbrook">{{Cite web|date=28 September 2021|title=Stay-at-home orders introduced for Port Macquarie and Muswellbrook|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210928_02.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928062250/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210928_02.aspx |archive-date=2021-09-28 }}</ref><ref name="Muswellbrookextended">{{Cite web|date=4 October 2021|title=Further changes to stay-at-home orders for regional NSW local government areas|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211004_02.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=4 October 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004082413/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211004_02.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-04 }}</ref>
|- 
|Port Macquarie (NSW)
|28 September–5 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|7
|<ref name="PortMacMuswellbrook"/>
|- 
|Latrobe Valley (Vic)
|29 September–6 October 2021
|7
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2021|title=Latrobe Valley to enter seven-day COVID-19 lockdown from midnight|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-28/city-of-latrobe-to-enter-seven-day-lockdown-from-midnight/100498820|url-status=live|access-date=27 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928085352/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-28/city-of-latrobe-to-enter-seven-day-lockdown-from-midnight/100498820 |archive-date=2021-09-28 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 October 2021|title=COVID cases increase by 15 in Latrobe Valley as lockdown lifts|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/latrobe-cases-up-two-days-after-lockdown/100520496|url-status=live|access-date=9 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007013621/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/latrobe-cases-up-two-days-after-lockdown/100520496 |archive-date=2021-10-07 }}</ref>
|- 
|Oberon (NSW)
|29 September–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|12 (originally 7)
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 September 2021|title=Queensland CHO Jeannette Young monitoring clusters and will 'wait and see' if local transmission occurs|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-29/covid-live-blog-nsw-victoria-queensland-vaccine-cases/100498848|access-date=29 September 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="auto2b">{{Cite web|date=6 November 2021|title=Changes to stay-at-home orders for regional NSW local government areas|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211006_01.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=6 October 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006091234/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211006_01.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-06 }}</ref>
|-
|Snowy Monaro (NSW)
|30 September–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|11 (originally 7)
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 September 2021|title=Changes to stay-at-home orders for regional NSW local government areas|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210930_00.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930015058/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210930_00.aspx |archive-date=2021-09-30 }}</ref><ref name="auto2b"/>
|- 
|Shepparton (Vic)
|1–8 October 2021
|7
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 October 2021|title=Greater Shepparton to enter snap, seven-day COVID-19 lockdown|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/shepparton-to-enter-seven-day-lockdown-from-tonight/100509044|url-status=live|access-date=3 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001090835/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/shepparton-to-enter-seven-day-lockdown-from-tonight/100509044 |archive-date=2021-10-01 }}</ref><ref name="auto1b">{{Cite web|date=8 October 2021|title=Mildura enters COVID-19 lockdown as regional Victorian regions of Shepparton and Moorabool exit|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-08/mildura-covid-lockdown-shepparton-moorabool-ease/100526008|url-status=live|access-date=9 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008071326/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-08/mildura-covid-lockdown-shepparton-moorabool-ease/100526008 |archive-date=2021-10-08 }}</ref>
|- 
|Moorabool (Vic)
|2–9 October 2021
|7
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 October 2021|title=Victoria records 1,143 new COVID cases and three deaths as vaccine mandate expands|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-new-covid-cases-melbourne-lockdown/100505998|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000427/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-new-covid-cases-melbourne-lockdown/100505998 |archive-date=2021-10-01 }}</ref><ref name="auto1b"/>
|- 
|Casino (NSW)
|2-11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|9
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 October 2021|title=Stay-at-home order introduced for Casino|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211001_02.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001075310/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211001_02.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-01 }}</ref>
|- 
|Lismore (NSW)
|3–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|8
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 October 2021|title=Stay-at-home order introduced for Lismore|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211003_02.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=3 October 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003071236/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211003_02.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-03 }}</ref>
|- 
|Gunnedah (NSW)
|5–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|6
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 October 2021|title=Changes to stay-at-home orders for regional NSW local government areas|url=https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211004_01.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=4 October 2021|website=NSW Health|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004080910/https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20211004_01.aspx |archive-date=2021-10-04 }}</ref>
|- 
|Taree, Forster & Tuncurry (NSW)
|5–11 October 2021{{Efn|Lockdown continues until 15 December 2021 for non vaccinated adults.}}
|6
|<ref name="Muswellbrookextended"/>
|-
|Mildura (Vic)
|9–21 October 2021
|12 (originally 7)
|<ref name="auto1b"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bain|first=Lucy|date=15 October 2021|title=Mildura lockdown extended by a week|url=https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/coronavirus-covid-19/5426504/mildura-lockdown-extended-by-a-week|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2021|website=sunraysiadaily.com.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213500/https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/coronavirus-covid-19/5426504/mildura-lockdown-extended-by-a-week |archive-date=2021-11-04 }}</ref>
|-
|Southern Tasmania{{efn|Includes LGAs of Brighton, Central Highlands, Clarence, Derwent Valley, Glamorgan–Spring Bay, Glenorchy, Hobart, Huon Valley, Sorell, Southern Midlands, Tasman & Kingborough.}}
|15–18 October 2021
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2021|title=Hobart region enters three-day lockdown after COVID hotel quarantine breach|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-15/hobart-three-day-lockdown-after-covid-hotel-breach/100542270|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015022022/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-15/hobart-three-day-lockdown-after-covid-hotel-breach/100542270 |archive-date=2021-10-15 }}</ref>
|-
|Katherine (NT)
|5–8 November 2021
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perera|first=Alicia|date=4 November 2021|title=NT's first case of COVID community transmission sends Katherine into lockdown, Greater Darwin into lockout|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-04/covid-case-katherine-lockdown-darwin-lockout/100596256|url-status=live|access-date=5 November 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104131214/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-04/covid-case-katherine-lockdown-darwin-lockout/100596256 |archive-date=2021-11-04 }}</ref>
|-
|Katherine (NT)
|15–22 November 2021
|7 (originally 3)
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perara|first=Alicia|date=16 November 2021|title=Here's what we know about COVID-19 lockdowns in Katherine and Robinson River|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-16/katherine-robinson-river-covid-lockdowns-what-we-know-explainer/100622584|url-status=live|access-date=16 November 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115210555/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-16/katherine-robinson-river-covid-lockdowns-what-we-know-explainer/100622584 |archive-date=2021-11-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 November 2021|title=Katherine lockdown extended until November 22|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/katherine-lockdown-extended-until-november-22/video/79b439ba0812b089e06b174a4e3e3391|url-status=live|access-date=16 November 2021|website=Sky News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116032124/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/katherine-lockdown-extended-until-november-22/video/79b439ba0812b089e06b174a4e3e3391 |archive-date=2021-11-16 }}</ref>
|-
|Tennant Creek (NT)
|17–22 December 2021
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dick|first=Samantha|date=17 December 2021|title=NT town of Tennant Creek enters lockdown after four COVID-19 cases recorded in community|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-17/nt-covid-tennant-creek-lockdown/100708100|url-status=live|access-date=17 December 2021|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217021259/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-17/nt-covid-tennant-creek-lockdown/100708100 |archive-date=2021-12-17 }}</ref>
|}

=== Austria ===
In November 2021, Austria introduced lockdown measures, but only for unvaccinated people, in response to an increase in cases and low vaccination rate.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=15 November 2021|title=Covid: Austria introduces lockdown for unvaccinated|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59283128|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> The country introduced a lockdown for all citizens a few days later, making it the first European country to reintroduce such measures in the winter of 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=19 November 2021|title=Austria to go into full lockdown as Covid surges|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59343650|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

=== Bangladesh ===
On 22 March 2020, Bangladesh announced a ten-day lockdown, starting from 26 March. The lockdown in the country was extended several times to 30 May.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

=== Cambodia ===
On 15 April 2021, Cambodia's government enacted a strict stay-at-home order across the entirety of [[Place:Phnom Penh|Phnom Penh]] and Ta Khmau in response to the country's largest COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic. Certain districts were declared as "red zones", banning people from leaving their homes except for medical emergencies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 April 2021|title=Cambodia police defend caning of lockdown offenders for breaching COVID-19 rules|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodia-police-defend-caning-lockdown-offenders-breaching-covid-19-rules-2021-04-21/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bopha|first=Phorn|title=COVID variant pushes Cambodia to brink of 'national tragedy'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/15/uk-covid-variant-pushes-cambodia-to-brink-of-national-tragedy|access-date=23 April 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref name=":0a" /> Sihanoukville also entered a lockdown on 24 April.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Thai|first1=Seng|title=Sihanoukville Enters Lockdown, Designates New 'Red Zone'|url=https://vodenglish.news/sihanoukville-enters-lockdown-designates-new-red-zone/|date=23 April 2021|access-date=23 April 2021|website=VOD English}}</ref>

=== Canada ===
On 25 January 2020, the first identified presumptive case in {{wipe|Canada}} was a 56-year-old male who had travelled to [[Place:Wuhan|Wuhan]], China, before returning to Toronto on 22 January.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ogilvie|first=Megan|title=How a Toronto hospital handled Canada's first COVID-19 case: 'We didn't know this was a moment in history'|url=https://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/10124148-how-a-toronto-hospital-handled-canada-s-first-covid-19-case-we-didn-t-know-this-was-a-moment-in-history-/|website=OurWindsor.ca|date=25 July 2020 }}</ref> Canada issued a travel advisory against non-essential travel to China due to the outbreak, including a regional travel advisory to avoid all travel to the province of Hubei.

Federal health officials stated that the risk in Canada was low.

On 26 January 2020, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam tweeted, "There is no clear evidence that this virus is spread easily from person to person. The risk to Canadians remains low."<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1221606834987053056|user=CPHO_Canada|title=@Ashkan12219050 @JustinTrudeau @TOPublicHealth 3/3 There is no clear evidence that this virus is spread easily from…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=26 January 2020}}</ref>

Three days later, on 29 January, Dr. Tam told Canadians that "It's going to be rare, but we are expecting cases."<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Grant Robertson|first=and Marieke Walsh|date=29 March 2021|title=Tam criticized for supporting 'indefensible' assessment of COVID-19 risk|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-tam-criticized-for-supporting-indefensible-assessment-of-covid-19-risk/|website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staples|first=David|date=29 March 2020|title=The road to Canada's COVID-19 outbreak, part one|url=https://o.canada.com/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus/the-road-to-canadas-covid-19-outbreak-part-one/wcm/d511b732-7b3a-47ce-a3df-cb915483cae2|website=Edmonton Journal, republished on Canada.com}}</ref>

On 1 February, the position of the prime minister and the administration remained that it would be discriminatory to exclude travellers from China, the source (and, at the time, still the epicentre) of the disease.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staples|first=David|date=12 April 2020|title=The road to Canada's COVID-19 outbreak, Pt. 2: timeline of federal government failure at border to slow the virus|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/the-road-to-canadas-covid-19-outbreak-pt-2-timeline-of-federal-government-failure-at-border-to-slow-the-virus-2|website=Edmonton Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Patrick Jones|first=Ryan|date=1 February 2020|title=PM warns against discrimination at Lunar New Year event as fears of coronavirus spread|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/coronavirus-canada-trudeau-february-1-1.5448834|website=CBC News}}</ref>

During March, Canadian provinces implemented lockdowns in response to COVID-19.

Ontario, the country's most populous province, had its first provincewide lockdown starting on 26 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Ontario|date=21 December 2020|title=Ontario Announces Provincewide Shutdown to Stop Spread of COVID-19 and Save Lives|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59790/ontario-announces-provincewide-shutdown-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19-and-save-lives}}</ref> The lockdown was strengthened with a stay-at-home order effective 14 January 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Ontario e-laws|title=O. Reg. 11/21: STAY-AT-HOME ORDER|date=24 July 2014|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r21011}}</ref> and reopened on a regional basis starting 10 February.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Ontario|date=8 February 2021|title=Ontario Extending Stay-at-Home Order across Most of the Province to Save Lives: Public Health Units to Gradually Return to the COVID-19 Response Framework|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/60261/ontario-extending-stay-at-home-order-across-most-of-the-province-to-save-lives}}</ref> As a result of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province caused by SARS-CoV-2 variants, the government of Ontario once again announced a four-week provincewide shutdown effective 3 April.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Ontario|date=1 April 2021|title=Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake: All 34 Public Health Unit Regions to Move into Shutdown|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/60986/ontario-implements-provincewide-emergency-brake}}</ref> This shutdown was once again strengthened with another 28-day stay-at-home order starting 8 April, in order to quickly combat the urgent crisis in the province's hospital capacity being caused by the variants.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Ontario|date=7 April 2021|title=Ontario Enacts Provincial Emergency and Stay-at-Home Order: Additional measures needed to protect health system capacity and save lives during third wave of COVID-19|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/61029/ontario-enacts-provincial-emergency-and-stay-at-home-order}}</ref>

The city of Toronto, Ontario is considered to have the longest continuous COVID-19 lockdown of any major city in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57079577|title = Toronto lockdown - one of the world's longest?|work = BBC News|date = 23 May 2021}}</ref>

===China===

{{wipe|China}} was the first country to enforce the quarantine and lockdown of cities and later whole provinces in late January 2020. Chinese Communist Party general secretary [[Biography:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] said he personally authorized the unprecedented lockdown of Wuhan and other cities beginning on 23 January.<ref name="Xi Jinping">{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Qin |first1=Amy |title=China's Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/asia/xi-china-coronavirus.html |website={{wipe|The New York Times}} |date=15 February 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> Although such measures are a very old tool of epidemic control,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Williams|first=Sophie|date=3 January 2020|title=How the plague taught us to fight coronavirus|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51308542|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501134535/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51308542|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":11111">{{#invoke:cite news||last=Levenson|first=Michael|date=2 January 2020|title=Scale of China's Wuhan Shutdown Is Believed to Be Without Precedent|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/asia/coronavirus-quarantines-history.html|access-date=3 May 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502110054/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/asia/coronavirus-quarantines-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> their use at the scale of a large city such as Wuhan or the even larger scale of provinces was controversial among experts at the time, with questions about their effectiveness<ref>{{#invoke:cite magazine||last=Rogers|first=Adam|date=22 January 2020|title=Would the Coronavirus Quarantine of Wuhan Even Work?|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/would-the-coronavirus-quarantine-of-wuhan-even-work/|url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2020|issn=1059-1028|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430113925/https://www.wired.com/story/would-the-coronavirus-quarantine-of-wuhan-even-work/}}</ref><ref name=":0cur">{{cite web|title=China's Unproven Antiviral Solution: Quarantine of 40 Million|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-24/china-s-unproven-antiviral-solution-quarantine-of-40-million|last=Du|first=Lisa|date=24 January 2020|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519045453/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-24/china-s-unproven-antiviral-solution-quarantine-of-40-million|archive-date=19 May 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Buckley|first1=Chris|last2=Zhong|first2=Raymond|last3=Grady|first3=Denise|last4=Rabin|first4=Roni Caryn|date=2 January 2020|title=As Coronavirus Fears Intensify, Effectiveness of Quarantines Is Questioned|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/world/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-china-hubei.html|access-date=3 May 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502103422/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/world/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-china-hubei.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and their ethics.<ref name=":11111" /><ref>{{cite web|title=A Historic Quarantine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/china-quarantine-coronavirus/605455/|last=Hamblin|first=James|date=2 January 2020|website=The Atlantic|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128063639/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/china-quarantine-coronavirus/605455/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coronavirus outbreak: quarantining millions in China is unprecedented and wrong|url=http://theconversation.com/coronavirus-outbreak-quarantining-millions-in-china-is-unprecedented-and-wrong-130565|last=Jain|first=Vageesh|date=31 January 2020|website=The Conversation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417073736/https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-outbreak-quarantining-millions-in-china-is-unprecedented-and-wrong-130565|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Some public health experts, while not always condemning the measure, raised the issue of the inevitable psychological toll such measures would have.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: The psychological effects of quarantining a city|url=https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/01/24/coronavirus-the-psychological-effects-of-quarantining-a-city/|date=2 January 2020|website=The BMJ|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124191059/https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/01/24/coronavirus-the-psychological-effects-of-quarantining-a-city/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Brooks|first1=Samantha K.|last2=Webster|first2=Rebecca K.|last3=Smith|first3=Louise E.|last4=Woodland|first4=Lisa|last5=Wessely|first5=Simon|last6=Greenberg|first6=Neil|last7=Rubin|first7=Gideon James|date=1 March 2020|title=The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence|url= |journal=The Lancet|volume=395|issue=10227|pages=912–920|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8|issn=0140-6736|pmid=32112714|pmc=7158942}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Quarantine for Coronavirus Has Serious Side Effects|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-02-27/coronavirus-quarantine-raises-mental-health-concerns-for-china|last=Minter|first=Adam|date=27 February 2020|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517022655/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-02-27/coronavirus-quarantine-raises-mental-health-concerns-for-china|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> An ex-[[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] (WHO) official who headed the organization's Western Pacific Region during the [[Medicine:2002–2004 SARS outbreak|SARS outbreak]] said that "the containment of a city [hadn't] been done in the history of international public health policy".<ref name=":0cur"/> The WHO called the decision to quarantine Wuhan "new to science".<ref>{{cite web|title=Wuhan lockdown: China takes extreme measures to stop virus spread {{!}} DW {{!}} 23 January 2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/wuhan-lockdown-china-takes-extreme-measures-to-stop-virus-spread/a-52120126|last1=Kretschmer|first1=Fabian|last2=Yang|first2=William|date=23 January 2020|publisher=Deutsche Welle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222034757/https://www.dw.com/en/wuhan-lockdown-china-takes-extreme-measures-to-stop-virus-spread/a-52120126|archive-date=22 February 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> By early April, all lockdowns had ended or relaxed to a certain degree as the cases started to dwindle and the outbreak had come under control.<ref name="china">{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1257717/china-lockdown-how-long-was-china-lockdown-timeframe-wuhan|title=China lockdown: How long was China on lockdown?|last=Langton|first=Kaisha|date=20 April 2020|website=Daily Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420224635/https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1257717/china-lockdown-how-long-was-china-lockdown-timeframe-wuhan|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/china-lockdowns-reimposed-fear-second-coronavirus-wave-wuhan-hubei-2020-4|title=China is trying to relax its severe coronavirus lockdown, but a series of forced re-closures shows how hard it is to get back to normal|last=Bostock|first=Bill|date=6 April 2020|website=Business Insider|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411180239/https://www.businessinsider.com/china-lockdowns-reimposed-fear-second-coronavirus-wave-wuhan-hubei-2020-4|archive-date=11 April 2020|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>

On March 27, 2022, Shanghai experienced an extended lockdown. Many residents lacked food. On June 1, 2022, Shanghai was returning to normal.

=== Denmark ===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark|Lockdown|paragraphs=1-3}}<div style="clear:both;"></div>

===Fiji===
On 19 March 2020, Fiji confirmed its first case in [[Place:Lautoka|Lautoka]]. In response, the Government of Fiji ordered the lockdown of the city on 20 March with closures of all schools and non-essential services all over the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Part of Kashmir in Lautoka under lockdown|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/covid-19/part-of-kashmir-in-lautoka-under-lockdown/|access-date=25 July 2020|website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729015704/https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/covid-19/part-of-kashmir-in-lautoka-under-lockdown/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 3 April 2020, Fiji's capital, [[Place:Suva|Suva]], went into lockdown after confirming two new cases. More than 300,000 residents were confined to their homes and all non-essential services in the city was closed for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 April 2020|title=Fiji confirms two new Covid-19 cases, Suva now in lockdown|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/413281/fiji-confirms-two-new-covid-19-cases-suva-now-in-lockdown|access-date=25 July 2020|website=RNZ|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728233910/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/413281/fiji-confirms-two-new-covid-19-cases-suva-now-in-lockdown|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 19 April 2021, Nadi and Lautoka went into lockdown after recording its first community transmission in one year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: Lockdown for Nadi and Lautoka effective immediately|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/covid-19-lockdown-for-nadi-and-lautoka-effective-immediately/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=FijiTimes|date=18 April 2021 }}</ref> As cases continues to escalate in its second wave, the government has ruled out any possibility of a nationwide lockdown but would focus on targeted lockdowns of communities instead.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nand|first=Edwin|title=No extended lockdown despite widespread transmission|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/covid-19/no-extended-lockdown-despite-widespread-transmission/|access-date=24 June 2021|website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

===France===
From 17 March 2020,<ref name="AutoQ7-37">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/french-personal-travel-waiver-certificate World news story French personal travel waiver certificate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406091358/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/french-personal-travel-waiver-certificate |date=6 April 2020}} Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 April 2020</ref> all people in France were required to complete and carry an exemption form to leave their homes and can be fined for non-essential journeys.<ref name="AutoQ7-37"/> Essential journeys include shopping for food, travelling to and from work, accessing healthcare, and exercising within 1&nbsp;km of the home for up to 1 hour. Police around the country had set up road blocks to check people who were out and about had good reason and that their exemption declarations were in order. These measures were lifted on 11 May 2020, with remaining restrictions on travel further than 100&nbsp;km away from one's residence. The latter restrictions were lifted on 2 June 2020.

On October 28, president Emmanuel Macron announced a second lockdown to begin on October 30. During this second lockdown, schools remain open and more industries can keep operating (construction, public services...). Like the first lockdown, citizens need to sign their certificates to can go around within 1&nbsp;km up to hour per day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Attestations-de-deplacement-couvre-feu|title=Attestations de déplacement|first=Ministère de|last=l'Intérieur|website=www.interieur.gouv.fr|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> Fines are 135 euros the 1st time, 200 euros for 2 times within 15 days and 3750 euros and 6 months jail sentence for 3 times within 30 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F35249|title=Non-respect du couvre-feu : quelles sont les règles ?|website=www.service-public.fr|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> This lockdown was replaced by a curfew on December 15, 2020<ref name=decret15decembre2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/article_jo/JORFARTI000042665660 |number=SSAZ2035391D|title=Décret #2020-1582 du 14 décembre 2020 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire}}.</ref> which was itself abolished on June 20, 2021.

=== Ghana ===
{{Excerpt|Ghanaian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|Bans and lockdowns}}

===India===
{{See also|Indian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|Indian state government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic}}{{Excerpt|COVID-19 lockdown in India}}

===Indonesia===

==== Large-scale social restrictions ====
{{Excerpt|Indonesia large-scale social restrictions|paragraphs=1}}

==== Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement ====
{{Excerpt|Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement}}

=== Iran ===
There were night/day curfews put periodically in place in yellow and orange coded regions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 February 2021|title=محدودیت تردد کرونایی لغو نشده است/ تداوم منع تردد شبانه در سراسر کشور|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/99120402703/محدودیت-تردد-کرونایی-لغو-نشده-است-تداوم-منع-تردد-شبانه-در-سراسر|access-date=20 March 2021|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}</ref>

===Ireland===
[[File:Garda checkpoint during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.jpg|thumb|A Garda checkpoint on the main street of Maynooth, County Kildare in April 2020.]]
On 12 March, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced the closure of all schools, colleges and childcare facilities in Ireland until the end of August.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-schools-colleges-and-childcare-facilities-in-ireland-to-shut-1.4200977|title=Coronavirus: Schools, colleges and childcare facilities in Ireland to shut|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=12 March 2020|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408082535/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-schools-colleges-and-childcare-facilities-in-ireland-to-shut-1.4200977|url-status=live}}</ref> On 27 March, Varadkar announced a national stay-at-home order for at least two weeks; the public were ordered to stay at home in all circumstances. All non-essential shops and services, including all pubs, bars, hotels and nightclubs closed and all public and private gatherings of any number of people was banned.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/stay-home-varadkar-urges-irish-in-drastic-lockdown|title='Stay home': Varadkar announces sweeping two-week lockdown|work={{wipe|The Guardian}}|first=Rory|last=Carroll|date=27 March 2020|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328000326/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/stay-home-varadkar-urges-irish-in-drastic-lockdown|url-status=live}}</ref> The Garda Síochána (Irish police) were given power to enforce the measures, which were repeatedly extended until 18 May.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0501/1135923-cabinet/|title=Outdoor time for over 70s and exercise limit extended to 5km|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Aisling|last=Kenny|date=1 May 2020|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502052721/https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0501/1135923-cabinet/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A roadmap to easing restrictions in Ireland that included five stages was adopted by the government on 1 May 2020 and subsequently published online.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0501/1136167-road-map-details/|title=At a glance: What restrictions are likely to be lifted and when?|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|date=15 May 2020|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=18 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518200710/https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0501/1136167-road-map-details/|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth and final phase of easing COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland was initially scheduled to take place on 20 July, but was repeatedly postponed until 31 August at the earliest.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153499-politics-cabinet/|title=Phase 4 of lifting Covid-19 restrictions deferred|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Mary|last=Regan|date=15 July 2020|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003140209/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153499-politics-cabinet//|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 7 August, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced a regional lockdown and a series of measures for counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly following significant increases of COVID-19 cases in the three counties, which came into effect from midnight and will remain in place for two weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.thejournal.ie/new-covid-19-restrictions-for-kildare-laois-and-offaly-5170255-Aug2020/|title=New Covid-19 restrictions for Kildare, Laois and Offaly to kick in from midnight|publisher=TheJournal.ie|first=Conor|last=McCrave|date=7 August 2020|access-date=8 August 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003140537/https://www.thejournal.ie/new-covid-19-restrictions-for-kildare-laois-and-offaly-5170255-Aug2020//|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 September, the Government announced a medium-term plan for living with COVID-19 that included five levels of restrictions.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0915/1165322-living-with-covid-summary/|title=What's in the Government's medium-term plan for living with Covid?|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|date=15 September 2020|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003141313/https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0915/1165322-living-with-covid-summary//|url-status=live}}</ref>

All non-essential businesses and services closed and all public and private gatherings of any number of people was banned again on 21 October following the Government's announcement to move the entire country to Level 5 lockdown restrictions for six weeks until 1 December.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/cabinet-to-consider-level-5-restrictions-for-six-weeks-39641904.html|title=Cabinet accepts Level 5 lockdown for six weeks|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Philip|last=Ryan|date=19 October 2020|access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> On 27 November, the Government agreed to ease restrictions from 1 December.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1127/1180803-coronavirus-ireland/|title=Country moves to Level 3 'with modifications' on Tuesday|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Mícheál|last=Lehane|date=27 November 2020|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

A third wave of COVID-19 arrived in Ireland on 21 December.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40194933.html|title='Third wave clearly underway': No deaths and 727 new Covid-19 cases in Ireland|publisher=Irish Examiner|first=Michelle|last=McGlynn|date=21 December 2020|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> The Government acted swiftly and on 22 December, Level 5 lockdown restrictions with a number of adjustments were announced, which came into effect from Christmas Eve until 12 January 2021 at the earliest.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-19-taoiseach-confirms-return-to-tighter-restrictions-as-case-numbers-rise-1.4443793|title=Covid-19: Taoiseach confirms return to tighter restrictions as case numbers rise|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Pat|last1=Leahy|first2=Vivienne|last2=Clarke|date=22 December 2020|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>

All non-essential businesses and services closed and all public and private gatherings of any number of people was banned again on 31 December (New Year's Eve) following the Government's announcement to move the entire country to full Level 5 lockdown restrictions from 30 December until 31 January 2021 at the earliest, in an attempt to get a third surge in cases of COVID-19 under control.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/level-5-restrictions-to-remain-in-place-until-january-31st-taoiseach-announces-1.4447414|title=Level 5 restrictions to remain in place until January 31st, Taoiseach announces|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Jennifer|last1=Bray|first2=Sarah|last2=Burns|first3=Jack|last3=Power|first4=Mark|last4=Hilliard|date=30 December 2020|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> On 26 January, the Government extended the Level 5 lockdown restrictions until 5 March.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/level-5-extended-until-march-5th-while-officials-consider-ban-on-all-non-essential-travel-into-state-1.4468043|title=Level 5 extended until March 5th while officials consider ban on all non-essential travel into State|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Jack|last1=Horgan-Jones|first2=Jennifer|last2=Bray|date=26 January 2021|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> On 23 February, the Government extended the Level 5 lockdown restrictions for another six weeks until 5 April ([[Religion:Easter Monday|Easter Monday]]) at the earliest, while its new revised Living with COVID-19 plan was published.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/c80ef-current-public-health-restrictions-to-continue-until-5th-april/|title=Current public health restrictions to continue until 5th April|publisher=Department of the Taoiseach|website=gov.ie|date=23 February 2021|access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>

On 30 March, the Government announced a phased easing of restrictions from Monday 12 April.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/we-are-on-the-final-stretch-of-this-terrible-journey-insists-taoiseach-as-he-announces-phased-changes-to-covid-19-restrictions-1.4523777|title='We are on the final stretch of this terrible journey' insists Taoiseach as he announces phased changes to Covid-19 restrictions|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Jennifer|last1=Bray|first2=Jack|last2=Horgan-Jones|first3=Harry|last3=McGee|first4=Marie|last4=O'Halloran|first5=Simon|last5=Carswell|first6=Vivienne|last6=Clarke|date=30 March 2021|access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref> On 29 April, the Government announced a reopening plan for the country throughout May and June from 10 May,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/taoiseach-says-hope-is-returning-as-he-outlines-plan-to-significantly-ease-covid-19-restrictions-from-may-10th-1.4551095|title=Taoiseach says 'hope is returning' as he outlines plan to significantly ease Covid-19 restrictions from May 10th|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Jennifer|last1=Bray|first2=Jack|last2=Horgan-Jones|first3=Cormac|last3=McQuinn|date=29 April 2021|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> with a further reopening planned announced on 31 August that would see all remaining COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland eased by 22 October.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0831/1243780-covid-restrictions/|title=Cabinet agrees to end almost all restrictions by 22 October|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Mícheál|last=Lehane|date=31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>

After a fourth wave of COVID-19 arrived in Ireland in October, the Government published on 19 October a revised plan for the easing of restrictions, with nightclubs allowed to reopen, however the continued use of masks, vaccine certificates and social distancing measures would remain in place until at least February 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/new-reopening-plan-no-capacity-limits-on-weddings-and-nightclubs-to-reopen-1.4704475|title=New reopening plan: No capacity limits on weddings, and nightclubs to reopen|publisher=The Irish Times|first=Jennifer|last=Bray|date=19 October 2021|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> On 3 December, the Government reintroduced a series of measures that would commence from 7 December amid concerns of the Omicron variant, with nightclubs to close, indoor cultural and sporting events to operate at 50% capacity and a maximum of four households allowed to meet indoors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/1203/1264578-ireland-restrictions/|title=Fresh restrictions after 'stark' NPHET advice|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Mary|last=Regan|date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

The Omicron variant caused a fifth wave of COVID-19 to arrive in late December and early January 2022, with record levels of cases reported over the Christmas and New Year period.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/record-26122-new-covid-19-cases-confirmed-highest-daily-number-since-pandemic-began-41220705.html|title=Record 26,122 new Covid-19 cases confirmed – highest daily number since pandemic began|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Ciara|last=O'Loughlin|date=8 January 2022|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> As cases began to fall sharply, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced on 21 January the easing of almost all COVID-19 restrictions, with the requirements of vaccine certificates and social distancing to end, restrictions on household visits and capacity limits for indoor and outdoor events to end, nightclubs to reopen and pubs and restaurants to resume normal trading times, while rules on isolation and the wearing of masks would remain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/time-to-be-ourselves-again-taoiseach-confirms-end-to-almost-all-covid-19-restrictions-1.4782227|title='Time to be ourselves again': Taoiseach confirms end to almost all Covid-19 restrictions|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Jack|last1=Horgan-Jones|first2=Cormac|last2=McQuinn|first3=Vivienne|last3=Clarke|date=21 January 2022|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> Remaining restrictions were agreed to be removed from 28 February, with mask wearing in schools, indoor retail settings and on public transport to be voluntary, restrictions in schools to end and testing to be scaled back.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/almost-all-covid-measures-to-end-next-week-cabinet-agrees-41371530.html|title=Almost all Covid measures to end next week, Cabinet agrees|publisher=Irish Independent|first1=Senan|last1=Molony|first2=Katherine|last2=Donnelly|date=22 February 2022|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>

===Italy===

On 9 March 2020, the government of Italy under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a national [[Medicine:Quarantine|quarantine]], restricting the movement of the population except for necessity, work, and health circumstances, in response to the growing outbreak of [[Medicine:COVID-19|COVID-19]] in the country. Additional lockdown restrictions mandated the temporary closure of non-essential shops and businesses. This followed a restriction announced on the previous day which affected sixteen million people in the whole region of Lombardy and in fourteen largely-neighbouring provinces in Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Piedmont and Marche, and prior to that a smaller-scale lockdown of ten municipalities in the province of Lodi and one in the province of Padua that had begun in late February. The restrictions were loosened in May 2020.
 
The lockdown measures, despite being widely approved by the public opinion,<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Feo |first1=Gianluca |title=Sondaggio Demos: gradimento per Conte alle stelle |url=https://www.youtrend.it/2020/03/20/sondaggio-demos-gradimento-per-conte-alle-stelle/ |website=YouTrend |access-date=22 March 2020 |language=it-IT |date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322105609/https://www.youtrend.it/2020/03/20/sondaggio-demos-gradimento-per-conte-alle-stelle/ |url-status=live}}</ref> were also described as the largest suppression of constitutional rights in the history of the republic.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Un uomo solo è al comando dell'Italia, e nessuno ha niente da ridire |url=https://www.linkiesta.it/2020/03/italia-coronavirus-conte-uomo-solo-al-comando/ |access-date=4 March 2020 |work=Linkiesta |date=24 March 2020 |language=it-IT |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324114753/https://www.linkiesta.it/2020/03/italia-coronavirus-conte-uomo-solo-al-comando/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, Article 16 of the Constitution states that travel restrictions may be established for reasons of health or security.<ref name=ItaConst>{{cite web|title=The Italian Constitution|url=http://www.quirinale.it/page/costituzione|publisher=The official website of the Presidency of the Italian Republic|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=27 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127152449/http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/costituzione/pdf/costituzione_inglese.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Malaysia===
Malaysia introduced the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) on 18 March 2020, which was initially announced to last to 14 April but was extended several times. The MCO prohibited mass gatherings, movement within the country, and most industries and all education institutions were ordered to close. Extended Movement Control Orders (EMCO) were implemented in areas where suspected [[Biology:Superspreading event|superspreading event]]s or widespread transmission had occurred. The Royal Malaysian Police were mobilized to enforce restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 March 2020|title=Covid-19: Movement Control Order imposed with only essential sectors operating {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/575177/covid-19-movement-control-order-imposed-only-essential-sectors-operating|access-date=29 December 2020|website=NST Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bunyan|first=John|title=PM: Malaysia under movement control order from Wed until March 31, all shops closed except for essential services {{!}} Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/03/16/pm-malaysia-in-lockdown-from-wed-until-march-31-all-shops-closed-except-for/1847204|access-date=29 December 2020|website=www.malaymail.com|date=16 March 2020 }}</ref> These restrictions were later eased under the "Conditional MCO" (CMCO), which maintained some restrictions on assembly and movement but allowed some sectors to reopen<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 May 2020|title=Malaysia's movement control order to be extended further until Jun 9, says PM Muhyiddin - CNA|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-covid-19-muhyiddin-movement-control-order-jun-9-extend-12718738|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510180102/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-covid-19-muhyiddin-movement-control-order-jun-9-extend-12718738|archive-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> which was later further relaxed to the "Recovery MCO" (RMCO) nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PM: Recovery MCO extended till Dec 31 (updated) {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/08/28/pm-recovery-mco-extended-till-dec-31|access-date=29 December 2020|website=www.thestar.com.my}}</ref> Localized CMCOs restrictions were introduced in the states of Sabah and Selangor were later introduced in response to outbreaks in those states.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kwan|first=Faye|date=28 December 2020|title=CMCO in Selangor, KL and Sabah extended to Jan 14|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/12/28/cmco-in-selangor-kl-and-sabah-extended-to-jan-14/|access-date=29 December 2020|website=Free Malaysia Today}}</ref> The MCO was reinstated nationwide in January 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Rodzi |first1=Nadirah |title=Malaysia to reimpose MCO in some states: What do the Covid-19 restrictions entail |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-impose-mco-in-some-states-what-do-the-covid-19-restrictions-entail |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111221412/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-impose-mco-in-some-states-what-do-the-covid-19-restrictions-entail |archive-date=11 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Myanmar ===
In September 2020, Myanmar introduced a strict stay-at-home order and [[Medicine:Cordon sanitaire|''cordon sanitaire'']] for the entirety of the country's largest city [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]] amid a major local outbreak. All non-essential businesses were ordered to close. The city's 4 million residents were given less than 24 hours notice before the lockdown came into effect.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myanmar locks down Yangon region after record jump in COVID cases|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/21/myanmar-locks-down-yangon-region-after-record-jump-in-covid-cases|access-date=21 March 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Traill|first=Ashwini Deshpande, Khaing Thandar Hnin, and Tom|date=1 December 2020|title=Myanmar's response to the COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/12/01/myanmars-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/|access-date=21 March 2021|website=Brookings}}</ref>

Myanmar's State Administration Council announced a nationwide lockdown in July 2021 in response to an increase in cases and deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2021|title=Myanmar Junta Announces Nationwide Lockdown Next Week as COVID-19 Surges|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-announces-nationwide-lockdown-next-week-as-covid-19-surges.html|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Namibia===
Beginning 27 March 2020, a 21-day lockdown of the regions of Erongo and Khomas was announced.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news || title=Partial lockdown in effect from Friday | last=Shikongo | first=Arlana | newspaper=The Namibian | date=25 March 2020 | page=1 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/89582/read/Partial-lockdown-in-effect-from-Friday | access-date=16 May 2020 | archive-date=25 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325172649/https://www.namibian.com.na/89582/read/Partial-lockdown-in-effect-from-Friday | url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 April 2020 the lockdown was extended to 4 May. It now officially applied to all regions, although the stay-at-home order was already enforced countrywide. Only essential businesses remained open. Schools were closed, parliamentary sessions suspended, and generally all gatherings of more than 10 people were prohibited.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news || title=Countdown to lockdown | last=Kahiurika | first=Ndanki | newspaper=The Namibian | date=27 March 2020 | page=1 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/89700/read/Countdown-to-lockdown | access-date=16 May 2020 | archive-date=4 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404034834/https://www.namibian.com.na/89700/read/Countdown-to-lockdown | url-status=live}}</ref> Formal and informal bars were closed and the sale of alcohol prohibited. This "stage 1" of the lockdown was in force until 4 May 2020. From then on, regulations are to be gradually eased.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news || title=Namibia to reopen economy ... moves to 'stage two', post-lockdown | last=Ngatjiheue | first=Charmaine | newspaper=The Namibian | date=30 April 2020 | page=1 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/200583/archive-read/Namibia-to-reopen-economy-%E2%80%A6-moves-to-stage-two-post-lockdown | access-date=16 September 2020 | archive-date=17 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917103940/https://www.namibian.com.na/200583/archive-read/Namibia-to-reopen-economy-%E2%80%A6-moves-to-stage-two-post-lockdown |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Nepal ===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|Lockdown}}

=== Netherlands ===
A lockdown in the Netherlands began on 19 December 2021 which is expected to last (at least) until 14 January 2022.<ref>http://www.rijksoverheid.nl: [https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/12/18/verspreiding-omikron-vertragen-nederland-in-lockdown ''Verspreiding omikron vertragen: Nederland in lockdown'']</ref>

===New Zealand===
On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raised New Zealand's COVID-19 alert level<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand COVID-19 Alert Levels Summary |url=https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-alert-levels-summary.pdf |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517225129/https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-alert-levels-summary.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> to three and announced the closure of all schools beginning on that day, and two days later moved to four at 11:59&nbsp;p.m. on 25 March 2020 – a nationwide lockdown. While all sporting matches and events as well as non-essential services such as pools, bars, cafes, restaurants, playgrounds closed, essential services such as supermarkets, petrol stations, and health services remained open.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Palmer |first=Scott |title=Coronavirus: New Zealand goes to COVID-19 alert level 3 |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-new-zealand-goes-to-covid-19-alert-level-3.html |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Newshub |date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323055338/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-new-zealand-goes-to-covid-19-alert-level-3.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Roy |first=Eleanor |title='Kiwis – go home': New Zealand to go into month-long lockdown to fight coronavirus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/kiwis-go-home-new-zealand-to-go-into-month-long-lockdown-to-fight-coronavirus |access-date=23 March 2020 |work={{wipe|The Guardian}} |date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323025021/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/kiwis-go-home-new-zealand-to-go-into-month-long-lockdown-to-fight-coronavirus |archive-date=23 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Coronavirus live updates in NZ and around the world on 23 March |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/412361/coronavirus-live-updates-in-nz-and-around-the-world-on-23-march |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323000431/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/412361/coronavirus-live-updates-in-nz-and-around-the-world-on-23-march |archive-date=23 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The alert level was moved back down to Level 3 at 11:59&nbsp;pm on 27 April, and moved to Level 2 at 11:59&nbsp;pm on 13 May, lifting the rest of the lockdown restrictions while maintaining physical distancing.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Howie |first1=Cherie |title=Covid 19 coronavirus: Kiwis welcome first alert level 2 weekend |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12332312 |work=New Zealand Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731052419/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12332312|archive-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> On 8 June, Prime Minister Ardern announced that New Zealand would be entering into Alert Level 1 at midnight on 9 June, lifting restrictions on daily life, business activities, mass gatherings and public transportation. However, the country's borders would remain closed to most international travel.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reveals move to level 1 from midnight |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/418524/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-reveals-move-to-level-1-from-midnight |access-date=8 June 2020 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608035311/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/418524/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-reveals-move-to-level-1-from-midnight |archive-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>

Following a new outbreak consisting of four cases of community transmission in Auckland on 11 August, the Government placed the Auckland Region on a Level 3 lockdown from 12:00&nbsp;am on 12 August while the rest of the country move to Level 2 at the same time.<ref name="NZH Auckland lockdown">{{#invoke:cite news||date=11 August 2020|title=Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland in lockdown, rest of country in level 2 – Four cases of community transmission|work=New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12355759|access-date=11 August 2020|issn=1170-0777|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824123716/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12355759|archive-date=24 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=11 August 2020|title=Live: Coronavirus – Auckland goes back into Level 3, rest of NZ into Level 2|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300078922/live-coronavirus--auckland-goes-back-into-level-3-rest-of-nz-into-level-2|access-date=11 August 2020|work=Stuff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811212225/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300078922/live-coronavirus--auckland-goes-into-level-3-compulsory-masks-mulled-supermarkets-packed|archive-date=11 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Coronavirus live updates: COVID-19 in community, Auckland going to level 3|work=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/coronavirus-live-updates-covid-19-in-community-auckland-going-to-level-3.html|access-date=11 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812064317/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/coronavirus-live-updates-covid-19-in-community-auckland-going-to-level-3.html|archive-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> On 30 August, Prime Minister Ardern announced that Auckland would enter into "Alert Level 2.5" from 11:59pm on that night while the rest of the country would remain on Level 2. Under Level 2.5, all social gatherings including birthday parties will be limited to ten people; masks will be mandatory for all Aucklanders using public transportation; and aged care facilities will be operating under strict conditions. The only public gatherings allowed in Auckland are funerals and tangihanga, which will be limited to 50 people.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Andelane |first1=Lana |title=COVID-19: Auckland to move to 'level 2.5' on Sunday – what you need to know |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/covid-19-auckland-to-move-to-level-2-5-on-sunday-what-you-need-to-know.html |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=Newshub |date=30 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830035357/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/covid-19-auckland-to-move-to-level-2-5-on-sunday-what-you-need-to-know.html |archive-date=30 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=The new 'level 2.5' rules Aucklanders need to know before tonight |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/what-you-will-and-wont-be-able-to-do-in-auckland-when-new-level-2-arrives/ |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=Newstalk ZB |date=30 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830035948/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/what-you-will-and-wont-be-able-to-do-in-auckland-when-new-level-2-arrives/ |archive-date=30 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

A new community case of COVID-19 in New Zealand was reported on 17 August 2021, after many months without one. In response, the Government took the country to a full nationwide Alert Level 4 lockdown beginning the following day. One week later, that lockdown remained in place as community case numbers for this community outbreak of the Delta variant reached 148.

===Nigeria===
Nigeria announced a lockdown in early 2020 that lasted for two weeks, beginning on 30 March and ending on 12 April.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

=== North Korea ===
In May 2022, North Korean leader [[Biography:Kim Jong-un|Kim Jong-un]] declared a national emergency and strict lockdown in response to the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-12 |title=North Korea: 'First' Covid cases prompt strict national lockdown |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61416760 |access-date=2022-05-17}}</ref>

===Pakistan===
In March 2020, Pakistan announced a lockdown that lasted until May.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

===Philippines===
{{excerpt|COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines}}

=== Russia ===
{{Excerpt|Russian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|Lockdowns}}

===Singapore===
{{excerpt|2020 Singapore circuit breaker measures}}

=== South Africa ===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa|Lockdown}}

=== Thailand ===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand|Lockdown, curfew, and inter-provincial travel ban}}

===United Kingdom===
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom}}

===United States===
[[File:COVID-19 outbreak USA stay-at-home order county map.svg|thumb|right|States, territories, and counties that issued a stay-at-home order in 2020:
{{legend|#045a8d|Came into effect before 22 March}}
{{legend|#2b8cbe|Came into effect before 29 March}}
{{legend|#74a9cf|Came into effect before 5 April}}
{{legend|#a6bddb|Came into effect before 12 April}}
]]

Stay-at-home orders in the United States have come from several states and a large number of local jurisdictions, sometimes leading to conflicts between different levels of government and a patchwork of inconsistent dates and rules.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Coronavirus Cases, Concentrated on the Coasts, Now Threaten America's Middle |first=Julie |last=Bosman |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=27 March 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/coronavirus-usa-midwest-south.html |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327224040/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/coronavirus-usa-midwest-south.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Analysis: Coronavirus and local control in Texas|first=Ross|last=Ramsey|work=The Texas Tribune|date=27 March 2020|access-date=29 March 2020|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/27/coronavirus-and-local-control-texas/|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329041350/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/27/coronavirus-and-local-control-texas/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Is Cabela's an "essential" business? Texas counties differ on who should work during shelter in place|first=Sami|last=Sparber|work=The Texas Tribune|date=26 March 2020|access-date=29 March 2020|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/26/whats-essential-texas-business-coronavirus-crisis-its-not-clear/|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329042046/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/26/whats-essential-texas-business-coronavirus-crisis-its-not-clear/|url-status=live}}</ref> A nation-wide lockdown mandate was never implemented.

On 15 March 2020, Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced signed an [[Social:Executive order|executive order]] to order all citizens to stay home starting at 9&nbsp;p.m. with exceptions in limited circumstances between 5&nbsp;a.m. and 9&nbsp;pm. Governmental operations and non-essential businesses were to be closed until 30 March.<ref>{{cite web|title=Administrative Bulletin No.: OE-2020-023|url=https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/upload/2020/03/pr-executive-order-20200315-OE-2023Eng.pdf|website=CT News Junkie|publisher=Government of Puerto Rico|date=15 March 2020|access-date=5 September 2020|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505155153/https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/upload/2020/03/pr-executive-order-20200315-OE-2023Eng.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first order within the states was simultaneously imposed by health authorities in heart of the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties and the cities of San Francisco and Berkeley) effective 17 March 2020, affecting nearly 6.7&nbsp;million people.<ref name=sfchronicle>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Ravani |first=Sarah |title=Bay Area coronavirus decision: Behind the scenes of nation's first shelter-in-place order |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-coronavirus-decision-Behind-the-scenes-15148425.php |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=21 March 2020 |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422153548/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-coronavirus-decision-Behind-the-scenes-15148425.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Other cities and counties across the state followed suit over the next two days, until Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, issued a state-wide order effective 19 March 2020.<ref name="wired">{{#invoke:cite magazine ||title=What's a 'Shelter in Place' Order, and Who's Affected? |url=https://www.wired.com/story/whats-shelter-place-order-whos-affected/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |magazine=Wired |date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322000244/https://www.wired.com/story/whats-shelter-place-order-whos-affected/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 20 March 2020, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state-wide stay-at-home order with a mandate for remote work effective 22 March.<ref name=npr>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=New York, Illinois Governors Issue Stay At Home Orders, Following California's Lead |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/20/818952589/coronavirus-n-y-gov-cuomo-says-100-of-workforce-must-stay-home |access-date=22 March 2020 |publisher=NPR |date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322025419/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/20/818952589/coronavirus-n-y-gov-cuomo-says-100-of-workforce-must-stay-home |url-status=live}}</ref> Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker followed that lead on the same day with a state-wide order which would go into effect on 21 March at 5&nbsp;pm.<ref name="tribune">{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Munks |first=Jamie |title=Gov. Pritzker issued a stay-at-home order. What does that mean? |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-what-is-shelter-in-place-20200320-rvyzf7h24ff5tfnvve5kz6g6b4-story.html |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321183804/https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-what-is-shelter-in-place-20200320-rvyzf7h24ff5tfnvve5kz6g6b4-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Ned Lamont, the governor of Connecticut, signed an executive order called "Stay Safe, Stay At Home" to take effect state-wide on 23 March at 8 p.m.

On 20 March 2020, Navajo Nation announced that it had broadened the stay-at-home order to cover the entire reservation, the largest in the country.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Tribes taking steps in attempt to slow outbreak's spread |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/mar/22/tribes-taking-steps-in-attempt-to-slow-/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=22 March 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322095916/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/mar/22/tribes-taking-steps-in-attempt-to-slow-/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Curfew quarantine 1234315-31-20x.jpg|alt=Aerial view of deserted downtown San Francisco.|thumb|San Francisco's Market Street during the curfew in April 2020.]]

On 21 March 2020, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy announced a state-wide stay-at-home order effective at 9 p.m. on the same day.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Perez |first=Matt |title=New Jersey Ordered To Stay-At-Home, Joining California, Illinois And Others |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/03/21/new-jersey-ordered-to-stay-at-home-joining-california-illinois-and-others/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |work={{wipe|Forbes}} |date=21 March 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321211718/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/03/21/new-jersey-ordered-to-stay-at-home-joining-california-illinois-and-others/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 March 2020, Ohio governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton issued a state-wide stay-at-home order effective 23 March.<ref name="Enquirer Borchardt">{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Ohio Gov. DeWine orders Ohioans to shelter in place, nonessential business, most daycares to close |first=Jackie |last=Borchardt |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=22 March 2020 |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/22/coronavirus-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-sunday-update-states-response/2894473001/ |quote=Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in his update Sunday Dr. Amy Acton is ordering a stay at home order or shelter in place order for all Ohioans. The order is in effect beginning midnight Monday and is in effect through April 6. |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412154323/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/22/coronavirus-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-sunday-update-states-response/2894473001/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In the afternoon, the Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards announced a state-wide stay-at-home order in a press conference.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Karlin |first=Sam |title=Louisiana issues statewide stay-at-home order to combat coronavirus spread |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_922869e8-6c6d-11ea-aeee-6b6fd5e8f4bd.html |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=The Advocate |location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana |date=22 March 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710080841/https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_922869e8-6c6d-11ea-aeee-6b6fd5e8f4bd.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Delaware governor John Carney followed suit with a stay-at-home order for his state.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Stay-at-home order issued in Delaware starting Tuesday |url=https://apnews.com/0692f5c364f07045809a734775e1b260 |work=Associated Press |access-date=22 March 2020 |location=Wilmington |date=22 March 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322221459/https://apnews.com/0692f5c364f07045809a734775e1b260 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:2020-04-19 14 42 26 Variable message sign reading "Save Lives Stay Home Essential Travel Only" along southbound Interstate 95 just south of Exit 29 in Beltsville, Prince George's County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|Variable-message sign along Interstate 95 in Prince George's County, Maryland telling people to stay home and only travel for essential purposes]]
On 23 March 2020, several state governors announced their state-wide stay-at-home order:

* Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker ordered non-essential businesses to close in-person operations effective 24 March until 7 April and directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to issue a stay-at-home advisory.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Governor Charlie Baker Orders All Non-Essential Businesses To Cease In Person Operation, Directs the Department of Public Health to Issue Stay at Home Advisory For Two Weeks |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=24 March 2020 |url=https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-charlie-baker-orders-all-non-essential-businesses-to-cease-in-person-operation |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323192627/https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-charlie-baker-orders-all-non-essential-businesses-to-cease-in-person-operation |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced her state-wide executive order to stay-at-home at 11:00&nbsp;am for all non-essential businesses effective 24 March until 28 May.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Michigan residents ordered to stay at home to slow COVID-19 spread |url=https://www.woodtv.com/health/coronavirus/official-gov-whitmer-to-issue-stay-at-home-order-to-combat-covid-19/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=WOOD TV |agency=Associated Press |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323152510/https://www.woodtv.com/health/coronavirus/official-gov-whitmer-to-issue-stay-at-home-order-to-combat-covid-19/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* Indiana governor Eric Holcomb announced state-wide stay-at-home order effective 25 March until 7 April.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Issues 'Stay-at-Home' Order Amid Coronavirus Pandemic |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-issues-stay-at-home-order-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2242781/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=NBC Chicago |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323171234/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-issues-stay-at-home-order-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2242781/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* West Virginia governor [[Biography:Jim Justice|Jim Justice]] ordered non-essential businesses to be closed immediately, and stay-at-home order effective at 8&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Gov. Justice orders shutdown of non-essential businesses in West Virginia; first community-transmitted case has been confirmed |url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/gov-justice-orders-shutdown-of-non-essential-businesses-in-west/article_24910f48-6d21-11ea-8518-3fbb944964d3.html |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=West Virginia's News |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404010248/https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/gov-justice-orders-shutdown-of-non-essential-businesses-in-west/article_24910f48-6d21-11ea-8518-3fbb944964d3.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* After growing calls from local officials on Sunday, Oregon governor Kate Brown issued a stay-at-home order on Monday effective immediately with class C [[Social:Misdemeanor|misdemeanor]] charges for violators.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Gunderson |first=Laura |title=Oregon stay at home order: Where can I go? |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregon-stay-at-home-order-where-can-i-go.html |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527185036/https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregon-stay-at-home-order-where-can-i-go.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a state-wide stay-at-home order that required remote work effective 24 March until 10 April.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Parker |first=Jim |title=New Mexico's governor issues stay-at-home order due to coronavirus outbreak |url=https://kvia.com/news/new-mexico/2020/03/23/new-mexicos-governor-to-issue-stay-at-home-order-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=KVIA |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323232159/https://kvia.com/news/new-mexico/2020/03/23/new-mexicos-governor-to-issue-stay-at-home-order-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Washington governor Jay Inslee signed a state-wide stay-at-home proclamation and ordered to close non-essential businesses effective 25 March for two weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Gov. Inslee issues 'stay at home' proclamation for Washington state |url=https://mynorthwest.com/1782819/inslee-washington-stay-at-home-order/ |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=MYNorthwest |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324005851/https://mynorthwest.com/1782819/inslee-washington-stay-at-home-order/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hawaii governor David Ige issued a state-wide stay-at-home order effective 25 March which was similar to the orders that were previously issued for Maui and Honolulu counties.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Uechi |first=Colleen |title=Ige takes 'stay at home' mandate statewide |url=https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/03/ige-takes-stay-at-home-mandate-statewide/ |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=The Maui News |date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324163955/https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/03/ige-takes-stay-at-home-mandate-statewide/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=IN FULL: Read the governor's stay-at-home emergency proclamation |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/03/24/full-read-governors-stay-at-home-emergency-proclamation/ |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=Hawaii News Now |date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324141301/https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/03/24/full-read-governors-stay-at-home-emergency-proclamation/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 23 March 2020, Yakama Nation announced its "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Safety Order No. 1 |url=http://www.yakamanation-nsn.gov/stay_home_stay_healthy.pdf |publisher=The Yakama Nation Main Agency Offices |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324155935/http://www.yakamanation-nsn.gov/stay_home_stay_healthy.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 24 March 2020, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers issued a state-wide stay-at-home order to close all non-essential businesses and ordered no gatherings of any size effective 25 March until 24 April.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Wisconsin Governor Issues Order Closing Businesses |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/wisconsin-governor-issues-order-closing-businesses/2243503/ |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=NBC Chicago |date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324175137/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/wisconsin-governor-issues-order-closing-businesses/2243503/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Vermont governor Phil Scott signed a stay-at-home order and directed closure of in-person operations of non-essential businesses effective 25 March until 15 April.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Scott issues 'stay at home' order |url=https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Scott-issues-stay-at-home-order-569070201.html |access-date=24 March 2020 |publisher=WCAX |date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324221706/https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Scott-issues-stay-at-home-order-569070201.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 25 March, Idaho governor Brad Little and Minnesota governor Tim Walz issued stay-at-home orders for their respective states.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Bierschbach |first=Briana |title=Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: 'Stay at home' |url=https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-tells-minnesotans-stay-home-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/569095212/ |newspaper=Star Tribune |access-date=25 March 2020 |date=25 March 2020 |archive-date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325205253/https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-tells-minnesotans-stay-home-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/569095212/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Ridler |first=Keith |title=Idaho Gov. Brad Little issues statewide stay-at-home order |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/health-care/article241496151.html |work=Tri-City Herald |agency=Associated Press |access-date=25 March 2020 |location=Boise |date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325210539/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/health-care/article241496151.html |archive-date=25 March 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued a stay at home order effective on Thursday the 26th at 6&nbsp;a.m. through 11 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/25/polis-announces-statewide-stay-at-home-order/ |title=Polis Issues Colorado Stay-at-Home Order: 'Now Is Not The Time To Die' |website=Colorado Public Radio |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526005749/https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/25/polis-announces-statewide-stay-at-home-order/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 April, Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a stay-at-home order effective Friday, 3 April 2020 until the end of the month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gassman |first1=Alan |title=Florida Governor's Stay-At-Home Order Clarified By Q&A |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alangassman/2020/04/05/florida-governors-stay-at-home-order-clarified-by-qa/ |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> On 2 April, Georgia governor Brian Kemp issued a stay-at-home order effective Friday, 3 April 2020, until Monday, 13 April 2020.<ref>{{cite executive order |number=04.02.20.01 |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/04022001/download |date= 2 April 2020 |post=Governor of Georgia |access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref> It overrules any local stay-at-home restrictions previously in place, and instructs residents to stay at home unless they're conducting "essential services," meaning either traveling to and from jobs or other exceptions, including buying groceries; purchasing medical equipment; going out to exercise; and visiting medical facilities.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=Kemp details Georgia's statewide shelter in place order |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-details-georgia-shelter-place-order/hc3ETUjzBedtWW1LoJHTIP/ |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=AJC |date=2 April 2020 |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403013934/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-details-georgia-shelter-place-order/hc3ETUjzBedtWW1LoJHTIP/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, Dr. [[Biography:Anthony Fauci|Anthony Fauci]] publicly questioned why all states were not under stay-at-home orders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/fauci-i-don-t-understand-why-all-states-are-not-n1175841 |title=Fauci: 'I don't understand' why all states are not under stay-at-home orders |work=NBC News |date=3 April 2020 |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521134734/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/fauci-i-don-t-understand-why-all-states-are-not-n1175841 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/03/i-just-dont-understand-why-were-not-doing-that-fauci-calls-nationwide-stay-at-home-despite-trumps-resistance |title=Fauci differs with Trump on nationwide stay-at-home orders |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=3 April 2020 |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527004116/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/03/i-just-dont-understand-why-were-not-doing-that-fauci-calls-nationwide-stay-at-home-despite-trumps-resistance/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In late May 2020, citywide curfews were enacted in San Francisco and several surrounding cities; San Jose; Minneapolis; Atlanta; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbus; Denver; Jacksonville, FL; Los Angeles; Memphis, TN; Omaha, Nebraska; Lincoln, Nebraska; Pittsburgh, Philadelphia; {{wipe|Portland, Oregon}}; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; Buffalo, New York; Rochester, NY; Syracuse; New York City; Milwaukee; Seattle; Cincinnati; [[Place:Indianapolis|Indianapolis]], Indiana; Fayetteville; Raleigh, North Carolina; Charleston, SC; Sacramento, CA; Columbia, SC; and Asheville, NC due to protests<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/gov-andrew-cuomo-orders-curfew-for-new-york-city/ New York Post, 1 June 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619094420/https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/gov-andrew-cuomo-orders-curfew-for-new-york-city/ |date=19 June 2020}}. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Orders Curfew for New York City</ref> regarding the [[Biography:Murder of George Floyd|murder of George Floyd]]. Countywide curfews were enacted for Los Angeles County, California and Alameda County, California as well. Arizona enacted a state-wide curfew. These curfews are imposed as complemented to stay-at-home order that imposed by state or local authorities.

On 2 November 2020, {{wipe|Massachusetts}} governor Charlie Baker issued a night-time stay-at-home advisory and business curfew effective 6 November 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=READ THE ORDERS: Mass.' New Stay-at-Home, Face Mask, Business Closure and Gatherings Rules |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/read-the-orders-mass-new-stay-at-home-face-mask-business-closure-and-gatherings-rules/2222350/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210203230047/https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/read-the-orders-mass-new-stay-at-home-face-mask-business-closure-and-gatherings-rules/2222350/ | archive-date= 3 February 2021 | access-date=3 November 2020 |work=NBC Boston}}</ref>

=== Vietnam ===
==== Nationwide isolation ====
{{Excerpt|Vietnamese government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|April nationwide isolation}}

==== Da Nang ====
{{Excerpt|Vietnamese government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|Da Nang lockdown|paragraphs=1-3}}

==== Ho Chi Minh city and southern provinces ====
{{Excerpt|Vietnamese government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|July 2021–present}}

==Countries and territories without lockdowns==
[[File:Coronavirus Check by Drive-Through.jpg|thumb|A drive through COVID-19 testing site in South Korea in February 2020. South Korea's K-Quarantine strategy included rapidly developing mass testing capacity and infrastructure.]]
Most countries and territories affected with COVID-19 introduced and enforced some form of lockdown. However, only a few exceptions included Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which rapidly and consistently implemented highly organized mass testing, [[Medicine:Contact tracing|contact tracing]], public messaging and selective quarantining to identify and isolate outbreaks.<ref name="Taiwan" /><ref name="south_korea">{{#invoke:cite news||title=How South Korea Is Beating Coronavirus Without a Lockdown|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/5830594/south-korea-covid19-coronavirus|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501040956/https://time.com/5830594/south-korea-covid19-coronavirus/|archive-date=1 May 2020}}</ref> South Korea's K-Quarantine system was praised in international media for its effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Aaron|title=South Korea is relying on technology to contain COVID-19, including measures that would break privacy laws in the US — and so far, it's working|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-south-korea-tech-contact-tracing-testing-fight-covid-19-2020-5|access-date=14 March 2021|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kim|first=Max S.|title=Seoul's Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/seouls-radical-experiment-in-digital-contact-tracing|access-date=14 March 2021|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref><ref name="japan">{{cite web|title=Japan's state of emergency is no lockdown. What's in it?|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13281427|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421222426/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13281427|archive-date=21 April 2020|access-date=1 May 2020|website=The Asahi Shimbun}}</ref> Authorities in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], the capital of Japan, advised businesses to close and the population to stay at home, but did not have legal authority to enforce a lockdown or penalise non-compliance. Compliance with advice was nevertheless high.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 March 2020|title=Tokyo governor urges people to stay indoors over weekend as virus cases spike|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/25/national/science-health/tokyo-logs-40-coronavirus-cases/|access-date=24 March 2021|website=The Japan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 January 2021|title=Japan declares emergency for Tokyo area as cases spike|url=https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-emergency-coronavirus-spike-japan-01e0916762eaa06d3d65510bcd271967|access-date=24 March 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>

In the [[Social:European Union|European Union]], the only nation not following this strategy is Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vodka-saunas-and-resisting-lockdown---the-countries-taking-a-different-approach-to-coronavirus-2020-04-07|title=Vodka, saunas, lockdown resistance and a gradual return to normal life: The countries taking a different approach to the coronavirus pandemic|website=Market Watch|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=28 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428200322/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vodka-saunas-and-resisting-lockdown---the-countries-taking-a-different-approach-to-coronavirus-2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Led by its state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell measures in Sweden included the closing of universities and high schools and asking older and at-risk residents to avoid social contact, while keeping restaurants, primary schools and kindergartens open and not mandating face masks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/covid-19-still-no-sign-lockdown-sweden|title=Covid-19: Still No Sign of Lockdown for Sweden|website=Institut Montaigne|date=3 April 2020|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=28 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428003637/https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/covid-19-still-no-sign-lockdown-sweden|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=July 1, 2021|first1=Sinéad|last1=Baker|title=COVID-19: Sweden drops face mask recommendation, never mandated them|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-sweden-drops-face-mask-recommendation-never-mandated-them-2021-7|access-date=14 November 2021|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> However, in early 2021, new laws permitting lockdown were enacted and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven warned that a lockdown was being considered.<ref name=":0c">{{#invoke:cite news||date=24 February 2021|title=Swedish Prime Minister Sees High Risk of New Wave of Covid Infections|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/swedish-pm-sees-high-risk-of-new-wave-of-covid-infections|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1c">{{#invoke:cite news||last=Orange|first=Richard|date=26 February 2021|title=Sweden hesitates to use new Covid lockdown laws as infection rate leads western Europe|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/26/sweden-hesitates-use-new-covid-lockdown-laws-infection-rate/|access-date=12 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> As of November 2021, a national lockdown had not been announced. However certain regions of Sweden have declared their own lockdowns to help slow the rate of infection. The region of Uppsala reported 908 cases per 100,000 people over a two-week period compared to a national average of 772 in early April 2021. This caused the Health Chief of the region, Mikael Köhler, to ask individuals within the region to "act as if they were in a personal lockdown."<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 April 2021|title=Swedish region declares 'personal lockdown' as COVID cases soar|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/14/swedish-region-declares-personal-lockdown-as-country-sees-daily-covid-cases-soar|access-date=9 July 2021|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref>

Some of the countries that did not enact lockdowns during 2020, did so later in the pandemic. In Malawi, a proposed lockdown by the government was delayed by the High Court throughout 2020,<ref name="malawi">{{#invoke:cite news||title=Malawi's cash handouts and the row about a coronavirus lockdown|work=BBC News|date=29 April 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52471276|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429210817/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52471276|archive-date=29 April 2020|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> until a state of emergency was declared and the country entered a lockdown in January 2021 in response to a worsening outbreak.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malawi imposes first lockdown measures as virus flares|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/malawi-imposes-first-lockdown-measures-as-virus-flares/ar-BB1cQXrF|access-date=14 March 2021|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> Although Cambodia restricted movement within the country during a period in 2020,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last=Sony |first=Ouch |title=Government Restricts Movement Outside Phnom Penh Due to Covid-19|url=https://vodenglish.news/government-restricts-movement-outside-phnom-penh-due-to-covid-19/ |work=VOD English |date=9 April 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> it introduced its first major restrictions, including a [[Social:Curfew|curfew]] and later a stay-at-home order in the capital [[Place:Phnom Penh|Phnom Penh]], during its largest outbreak to date in early 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Area lockdowns as Covid outbreak hits Cambodian capital {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/02/20/area-lockdowns-as-covid-outbreak-hits-cambodian-capital|access-date=24 March 2021|website=www.thestar.com.my}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kimmarita|first=Long|title=PM dispels lockdown rumours, gifts masks|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-dispels-lockdown-rumours-gifts-masks|access-date=24 March 2021|website=www.phnompenhpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chheng|first=Niem|title=Phnom Penh curfew starts today|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-curfew-starts-today|access-date=9 April 2021|website=www.phnompenhpost.com}}</ref><ref name=":0a">{{Cite web|title=Cambodia orders strict 2-week lockdown of Phnom Penh|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cambodia-orders-strict-week-lockdown-phnom-penh-77084734|access-date=18 April 2021|website=ABC News}}</ref> East Timor also enacted its first lockdown of its capital [[Place:Dili|Dili]] in March 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=East Timor imposes first coronavirus lockdown over outbreak fears|url=https://news.yahoo.com/east-timor-imposes-first-coronavirus-082313348.html|access-date=14 March 2021|website=news.yahoo.com|date=8 March 2021 }}</ref> and Turkey entered its first nationwide lockdown in April 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||date=29 April 2021|title=Covid: Turkey enters first full lockdown|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56912668|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Turak|first=Natasha|date=29 April 2021|title=Turkey goes into its first full lockdown as a third Covid wave surges|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/turkey-goes-into-first-full-lockdown-as-third-wave-covid-cases-surge.html|access-date=29 April 2021|website=CNBC}}</ref>

Two states in Brazil and several others in the United States did not introduce any lockdown-type measures (commonly known as "stay-at-home orders").<ref name="us 1">{{#invoke:cite news||title=See Which States and Cities Have Told Residents to Stay at Home|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-stay-at-home-order.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=4 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504192837/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-stay-at-home-order.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="us 2">{{cite web|title=A map of the US cities and states under lockdown — and those that are reopening|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/us-map-stay-at-home-orders-lockdowns-2020-3|website=Business Insider|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513130530/https://www.businessinsider.com/us-map-stay-at-home-orders-lockdowns-2020-3|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
!colspan=3|Countries and territories without lockdowns
|-
!colspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Countries and territories
!Ref
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of Belarus.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Belarus ||<ref name="belarus">{{cite news|title=The Belarus government is largely ignoring the pandemic. Here's why.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/21/belarus-government-is-largely-ignoring-pandemic-heres-why/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427204439/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/21/belarus-government-is-largely-ignoring-pandemic-heres-why/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Brazil
| style="text-align:left" |Roraima|| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" |<ref name="brazil 1">{{cite web|title=Justiça nega pedido do MP para obrigar governo e prefeitura de Boa Vista a decretar 'lockdown'|url=https://g1.globo.com/rr/roraima/noticia/2020/06/03/justica-nega-pedido-do-mp-para-obrigar-governo-e-prefeitura-de-boa-vista-a-decretar-lockdown.ghtml|website=O Globo|date=3 June 2020 |language=pt|access-date=21 June 2020|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612123339/https://g1.globo.com/rr/roraima/noticia/2020/06/03/justica-nega-pedido-do-mp-para-obrigar-governo-e-prefeitura-de-boa-vista-a-decretar-lockdown.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="brazil 2">{{cite web|title=Palavras do Governador – Não vamos adotar o lockdown|url=https://tribunapopular.com.br/2020/06/palavras-do-governador-nao-vamos-adotar-o-lockdown/|website=Tribunal Popular|language=pt|access-date=30 June 2020|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712230425/https://tribunapopular.com.br/2020/06/palavras-do-governador-nao-vamos-adotar-o-lockdown/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Rondônia
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of Burundi.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Burundi || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020/08/wfp-0000118161_1.pdf|title=Food Price Inflation in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda|website=UN Habitat|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102012853/https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020/08/wfp-0000118161_1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|colspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Iceland || {{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
|-
|colspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of Japan.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Japan ||<ref name="japan"/>
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Nicaragua || <ref name="nicaragua">{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/ortega-virus-murillo-nicaragua-is-stumbling-into-coronavirus-disaster/|title=Nicaragua Is Stumbling Into Coronavirus Disaster|website=Foreign Policy|date=17 April 2020 |access-date=25 April 2020|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426161019/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/ortega-virus-murillo-nicaragua-is-stumbling-into-coronavirus-disaster/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] South Korea || <ref name="south_korea"/>
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Sweden ||
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Taiwan || <ref name="Taiwan">{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Kirby |first1=Jen |title=What we can learn from the 'second wave' of coronavirus cases in Asia |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21213787/coronavirus-asia-waves-hong-kong-singapore-taiwan |work=Vox |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=2 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502030919/https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21213787/coronavirus-asia-waves-hong-kong-singapore-taiwan |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan=6 style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] United States
| style="text-align:left"|Arkansas ||rowspan=6 style="text-align:left"|<ref name="us 1"/><ref name="us 2"/>
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iowa
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Nebraska
|-
| style="text-align:left"|North Dakota
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Dakota 
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Wyoming 
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] Uruguay
|<ref name="Uruguay">{{#invoke:cite news||title=Uruguay rides out Covid threat without imposing a lockdown|url=https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/327561/uruguay-rides-out-covid-threat-without-imposing-a-lockdown.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811213623/https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/327561/uruguay-rides-out-covid-threat-without-imposing-a-lockdown.html|archive-date=11 August 2020|access-date=25 July 2020|newspaper=Manila Standard|language=en}}</ref>
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