COVID-19 National Response Measures by Country

Data on selected national public response measures to COVID-19, as presented in weekly country overview reports. The dataset includes measures such as gathering cancellations, closures of public spaces and schools, stay-at-home orders, and mask mandates. It is based on raw data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), harmonized by the University of Pavia.

Use Cases

• Compare the timing and stringency of lockdown policies across countries based on the 'stay-at-home' orders data.
• Analyze the correlation between public space closures and case trends based on restaurant and shop closure data.
• Model the adoption of protective measures based on the separate tracking of voluntary and mandatory mask policies.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
• Description details nine specific categories of response measures, suggesting structured tracking.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Collection Method

Harmonization and homogenization of raw ECDC data by the University of Pavia's Laboratory of Geomatics.

Geography

Country-level data, specific countries unknown.