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Case management in Community

2020-03-23T19:43:46Z

Kmellou:

1. Quarantine of laboratory confirmed cases.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days that the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

2. Quarantine of close contacts.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? when does quarantine end? after 5-7 days that the case is asymptomatic?

Question: how you assure compliance?

3. Recommendation of cases with mild symptoms to stay home.

Question: How we define mild symtoms.

NEED for protocols - alsgorithms based on different scenarios regarding the available resources.
The optimal is not always possible however the decision on a strategy which is not the optimal should be based on evidence.

Case management in Community

2020-03-23T19:42:43Z

Kmellou:

1. Quarantine of laboratory confirmed cases.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days taht the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

2. Quarantine of close contacts.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? when does quarantine end? after 5-7 days that the case is asymptomatic?

Question: how you assure compliance?

3. Recommendation of cases with mild symptoms to stay home.

Question: How we define mild symtoms.

NEED for protocols - alsgorithms based on different scenarios regarding the available resources.
The optimal is not always possible however the decision on a strategy which is not the optimal should be based on evidence.

Case management in Community

2020-03-23T19:41:01Z

Kmellou:

1. Quarantine of laboratory confirmed cases.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days taht the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

2. Quarantine of close contacts.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days that the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

3. Recommendation of cases with mild symptoms to stay home.

Question: How we define mild symtoms.

NEED for protocols - alsgorithms based on different scenarios regarding the available resources.
The optimal is not always possible however the decision on a strategy which is not the optimal should be based on evidence.

Case management in Community

2020-03-23T19:37:42Z

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1. Quarantine of laboratory confirmed cases.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days taht the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

2. Quarantine of close contacts.

Question: For how long?

- for 14 days after the onset of symptoms
- for 14 days after the positive test
- if someone becomes symptomatic during the 14 days? after 5-7 days that the case is asymptomatic?

Question: Do we need testing after quarantine? One test or two tests?

Question: how you assure compliance?

NEED for protocols based on different scenarios regarding the available resources.
The optimal is not always possible however the decision on a strategy which is not the optimal should be based on evidence.

Risk factors for severe disease

2020-03-18T17:36:37Z

Kmellou: /* Observations */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about Risk Factors of SARS-CoV2. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[Sources]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What is already known=
* Recent studies suggest that ACE2 expression is increased in diabetes and treatment with ACE inhibitors and ARBs increases ACE2 expression. Consequently, the increased expression of ACE2 would facilitate infection with COVID-19. This observation makes some researchers hypothesize that diabetes and hypertension treatment with ACE2-stimulating drugs increases the risk of developing severe and fatal COVID-19. <ref name="Fang2020">Fang, Lei, George Karakiulakis, and Michael Roth. "Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?." The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (2020).</ref>

=Rumours about interaction with medicines=
==Observations==
* The publication by Fang et al. suggests that ACE-inhibitors may increase the risk of Coronavirus infection and severe outcomes. <Ref name="Fang2020"/>. This is so far, the only publication that we know of.
* In the Netherlands, rumours circulate (and are even discussed at National Television) that Ibuprofen and NSAID in general increase the rik of severe COVID19 disease outcome.
* In Greece, the same rumours have lead to a shortage of paracetamol in the pharmacies. The representative of the Ministry of Health said that there is not enough evidence thus it would be good when people have symoptoms to prefer paracetamol.

==Analysis and interpretation==
* The study of Fang et al. is relevant and credible. However, the study alone does not (yet) constitute convincing evidence that ACE2-inhibitors are risk factors for COVID19 and severe outcome. The association is plausible, yet requires more study to generate supporting evidence.
* Notwithstanding the above, it is important to take note of the study of Fang et al. The observation deserves consideration, especially by clinicians treating patients who are in known risk groups for severe COVID19
* Rumours on NSAID are currently unsubstantiated.

==Consequences for action==
* Additional studies to find supporting evidence (or refuting) are needed
* Clinicians should take note of the study of Fang et al., and make decisions on a case by case basis
* In absence of evidence supporting NSAID as risk factor, experts need to very clearly explain that such rumours are unsubstantiated

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:29:13Z

Kmellou: /* Consequences for action */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%
* People wonder about UK and why the chose a different policy. Anxiety that English approach will jeopardise the meaures in the rest of Europe.

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure. Measures also depend on the phase of the epidemic in each country (not all countries are at the same phase simultaneously)
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:26:40Z

Kmellou: /* Observations */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%
* People wonder about UK and why the chose a different policy. Anxiety that English approach will jeopardise the meaures in the rest of Europe.

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:25:07Z

Kmellou: /* Observations */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%
* People wonder about UK and why the chose a different policy.

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:24:39Z

Kmellou: /* Observations */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%
* most people wonder about UK and why the chose a different policy...

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:18:46Z

Kmellou: /* Table */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:17:03Z

Kmellou: /* Table */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| religious gatherings such as weddings are forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
| No
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
| after 11/03 schools were closed and more restrict measures in general
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|Work from home promoted, ban of gatherings of more than 10 people (18/03/2020)
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:05:06Z

Kmellou: /* Bullet point notes */

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the Interventions for SARS-CoV2 in general. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about [[transmission routes]], please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
Please use the bullet points below, to share your observations of policy, preferably with reference to formal publication and date. I will transpose those to the table (WikiTables are a headache, and difficult to edit, so I want to make it as easy as possible for everyone).
Please use the information fields from the table, as much as possible, so that data can be transposed easily.
Since this is a Wiki, each change is logged, and you can always browse through the page history to see the snapshot in time.

==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: 418 cases and 5 deaths. Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
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| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
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| Yes
|
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| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
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| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
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| Yes
|
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| Yes
| Yes
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| Yes
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| Closed borders
|
| No
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| Yes
|
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| No
| Yes
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| Yes
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| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
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|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
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|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
|
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
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|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
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| 16 March
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| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
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|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
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| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
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| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
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|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
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| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
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| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
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|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
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| None
| None
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| None
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|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=

Interventions

2020-03-18T17:03:37Z

Kmellou: /* Bullet point notes */

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=What do we see in the European Member States?=
==Instructions==
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==Bullet point notes==
* AU: Social distancing measures: people are advised only to entertain strict necessary personal contacts and replace all others by phone, digital or defer altogether. Allowed are: professional contacts; elementary daily shopping; care for those in need; avoid indoor activities outside the home. [https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Aktuelle-Ma%C3%9Fnahmen.html Since 16 March, for 1 week]. The area of Tirol has quarantined certain municipalities. The Skying season has been ended by 15 March. Large events are forbidden. All shops that do not supply basic necessities are closed. Restaurants and bars are closed. Universities, schools and kindergartens are closed.
* BE: [https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/belgium-enters-lockdown-over-coronavirus-crisis-until-5-april/ Belgium in LockDown] as of 17 March.
* BU: Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister, Rumen Radev and Boyko Borissov met on Sunday (15 March) and announced that all doctors and nurses “on the first line” will receive an additional 1000 leva (EUR 500) per month, which is a substantial amount by Bulgarian standards. 12 March: proposed emergency measures. More drastic measures to enforce the decision to close restaurants and shops other than those selling food and medicaments are in preparation (on 13 March). kindergarten, schools and universities will be closed, and that nationals of countries with coronavirus outbreak will not be allowed to enter the country. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and a fine up to EUR 25000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Bulgarians not to travel abroad. Bulgarians returning from countries with major coronavirus outbreak such as Italy, but also France, are automatically assigned to quarantine.<Ref name="Euractive-BU-13-03-2020">Euraktive 13 March 2020: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/short_news/bulgaria-update-covid-19/</ref>
* CY:
* CZ:
* DE: 17 March: RKI raised the threat level to high. Avoid travel, avoid public transport, try to work from home. Reduce all contacts to a bare minimum. Avoid gatherings or meetings. People over 70 years need pneumococcal vaccination. The 16 German federal autonomous states each can have their own Corona policy. 16 March: Federal agreement on measures: bars, clubs, theatres, musea, cinema, zoos, sporting facilities, playgrounds are closed. Meetings in clubs, leisure, sport, church, mosques, other religious orders are forbidden.<Ref name="Bundesregierung Corona">Bundesregierung Website Corona: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/coronavirus-1725960</ref>
* DK:
* EE:
* ES:
* FI:
* FR: Containment. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-exodus/parisians-flee-to-the-countryside-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN214163 Full Lockdown] for 2 weeks. Police enforcement of state of emergency
* GR: Mitigation approach. Schools and universities, all department stores, restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, beauty salons, are closed, all events are cancelled, advise working at home, stay at home when symptomatic or hen having a close contact with a confirmed case. Also there was a decision yestarday 16/03/2020 churches to be aooly measures (and all celebrations / rituals as we are going towards the Easter period to be cancelled or performed following basic rules such as every person to have at least 2 meters distance from the other). There was also a law issued recently that says that whoever is advised to stay at home (case or contact) and is caught not to be following the instructions will face legal consequences (up to 2 years of prison)! The same applies for professionals that disobey the rules. Already there are some arrests of people that opened their restaurants and other services to serve clients. Doctors have been advised not to examine patients with fever at their private offices as much as they can.
Take away services, super-markets and pharmacies are open as well as other services that have to do with transportation of goods. An online number is available for employees to call and get information on their rights on sick leave and reimbursement. At supermarkets since they were overcrowded the first days of the measures there was the decision to have a queue and based on the size of the space to let a specific number of persons enter. Inside the supermarkets there are sanitizers available and people should keep A distance of more that 2 meters from each other. super-markets will remain open on the weekends to avoid overcrowding.
These are in summary some of the measures on 17/03/2020 that Greece has 353 reported cases and 4 deaths.
18/03/2020: Further social distancing measures: groups of more than 10 people are forbitten (fine of 1000 euros)
* HU:
* IT:
* LT:
* LV:
* MT:
* NL: (see below as per 15 March 2020). 17 March: Prime Minister advised Dutch not to travel abroad.
* PO:
* PT:
* RO:
* SE:
* SK:

==Table==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! AU
! BE
! BU
! CY
! CZ
! DE
! DK
! EE
! ES
! FI
! FR
! GR
! HU
! IT
! LT
! LV
! MT
! NL
! PO
! PO
! PT
! PT
! RO
! SE
! SK
|-
| Stay in when flu-like symptoms
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Stay in when no good reason to go out
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Requested medical students to do voluntary work
|
|
|
|
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled large scale events
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Cancelled all events
|
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed cafes and restaurants
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| No
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed schools
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Closed borders
|
| No
|
|
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No
| Yes
|
| Yes
|
|
|
|
|-
| Other national policies
| Outdoor sporting events are allowed
|
| State of Emergency. All frontline doctors and nurses receive 500 Euro per month additional salary. Violation of quarantine is punishable by jail and fine up to 25000 Euro.
|
|
| Church, Mosques, other religious gathersings: Forbidden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Advise not to travel abroad (17 march)
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additional measures by local government
|
| Full Lockdown
|
|
|
| 16 autonomous federal states have specific policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| Reduction of the business hours of cafes and bars
|
|
|
|
|-
| Since when
| 16 March 2020
| 17 March 2020
|
|
|
| 16 March
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1-2 weeks ago
| 11 March
|
| 13 March
|
|
|
|
|-
| Implementation pace
|
| Gradually.
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
| Step by step, as the number of cases increased
|
|
|
|
|-
| For how long will these measures be effective?
| Until 23 March
| Until 5 April
|
|
|
| Closing schools until 20 April; other measures untill further notice
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| At least until 6 April
| At least until 27 March
|
| Until 9 April
|
|
|
|
|-
| Additions to the governmental policies
| Tirol province has municipalities in quarantine.
| Work from home promoted, not obligatory. Ban on gathering, except families
| Advise not to travel abroad
|
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None
| None
|
| None
|
|
|
|
|}

=Variance in National Policies promotes anxiety=

==Observations==
* Discussions emerge on social media between citizens that are confused, anxious or downright upset because of the variance in policy.
** For example, in the Netherlands, some parties ask for a total lockdown, since Belgium and France do the same. They claim the NL government is not doing enough
* Polls on 17 March show unprecedented high confidence in the Dutch Prime Minister (Mark Rutte): 73%

==Analysis and interpretation==
* As for the situation in the Netherlands: though the confidence in government is high, it may be vulnerable. When a minority keeps shouting that we still do not do enough and backs such statement with 'evidence', referring to countries that go further, this may undermind public confidence, and in general compliance with current policy

==Consequences for action==
* Short term:
** Keep explaining why policy for one country is appropriate, and why it is not obligatory to do what your neighbour does, simply because countries differ in health system and other relevant infrastructure
* Mid term:
** Create discussion and debate on the need for EU coordination. This means practically: a political decision to give up national autonomy in matters of PHEIC and hand over competence to the EU
* Long Term:
** Expand ECDC mandate, when political support has reached a majority.

=References=