Country Other Actions taken by the Government
Austria Tightens Rules to Contain Spread of Coronavirus, people were quarantined, and the punishment was high for violating the rules [67]
Brazil Employees in the airport were asked to wear a mask. Borders were closed for flights from affected countries [68]
Canada All travellers were forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry to control the outbreak [69]
Chile Screening in airport was enhanced and people with symptoms were isolated [70]
China Transmission dynamics of the COVID-19 virus in different settings were analysed and eventually the country went for a lockdown to control the exponential outbreak [71]
Czechia Instructions were provided by Medicaid Service in all the hospital to protect the kids, adult and aged pople from infection [72]
Denmark Testing and quarantining at an early stage itself [73]
Ecuador Maximized control by implementing innovative licensing strategies on products to fight COVID-19 [74]
France Closed down boders and special employment forces were used to contain infections. Necessary precautions were taken for the localities as well [75]
Germany Employed a rigorous door to door testing procedure. The infected and suspected people with quarantined with special care leaving the mobility undisturbed [76]
Greece Greece tightens measures, all new arrivals will be quarantined [77]
Iceland Infected persons were immediately transferred to a special infection control section and were quarantined from their relatives and general public. [78]
India Tracked travellers from affected countries and quarantined them including family members in their own home [79]
Indonesia Made public calls for people to self-isolate if they have symptoms. [80]
Iran Followed strict social distancing and lockdown [81]
Ireland Invested in massive testing facilities. Treated all patients equally irrespective of their income strata. All hospitals operated on a not for profit basis [82]
Israel Used technology to track the movement of infected individuals with their mobilesand quarantined the people who came in contact with the individual [83]
Italy Though Itally closed borders during the onset, lack of proper testing facilities caused the massive outbreak. This was followed by a strict lockdown [84]
Japan Managed the outbread with rules and excellent medical infrastructure. [85]
Luxembourg Quarantined people over 60 years to reduce causalties [86]
Malaysia Banned entry of people from infected countries, followed with addional screening measures in airport. Promoted personal hygene and eventually ended with a lockdown. [87]
Netherlands Travellers returning from affected countries were adviced to visit doctors and medical facilities if symptoms were fels. Post outbreak, the country went under lockdown. [88]
Norway Travel bans and closure of schools, public services like gums, malls, theatres etc. [89]
Pakistan Formed a team to monitor situations and take necessary actions on a daily basis. [90]
Portugal Employed strict lockdown [91]
Qatar Proper tracking, and strict screening and testing of travellers [92]
Republic of Korea Proactively built a centralized testing and quarantine facility before outbreak in the country. China’s reports triggered this action [93]
Romania Lockdown and Border Closing [94]
Singapore With previous experience from SARS pandemic, the country had a proper infrastructure facility with negative pressure room for pandemic control. The testing was done rigorously and the infected were not let back into society. Migrants from other contries were not allowed to work till the pandemic is controlled. [95]
Slovenia Used innovative ways to spread COVID-19 control messages before going into lockdown. [96]
South Africa Immediately implemented entry and exit to affected countries. Declared as nation disaster and went for lockdown to prevent a major outbreak [97]
Spain Local movement controlled by social distancing. Travel to affected country completely banned. Enhanced medical attention at arrival to control the spread. [98]
Switzerland After closing school, colleges and non essential business, the country used used their military and civilian support to enhance infrastructure and healthcare needs to contain the infection [99]
The United Kingdom People with symptoms were asked to self quarantine. Canceled overseas travels and pnly tested people who were admitted. Followed social distancing, lookdown, isolation and house quarantined. The country did not force people for testing. [100]
United States of America Enforce travel restriction and implemented mandatory quarantine in New York. A level of screening and lockdown was implemented. [101]