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Press Brief: Update of coronavirus in the country and response measures (April 7, 2020)

Kenya (National)

Issuing Authority: Cabinet Secretary for Health

Type: Law/Policy Document

June 7, 2020 (issued)

Legal Topics: Disease Surveillance and Technology, Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: Contact tracing, COVID-19-specific Law, Face coverings/masks, Physical distance, PPE /Personal Protective Equipment

Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020

Ghana (National)

Issuing Authority: Parliament

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 21, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Criminal penalties, Essential services/workers, International Travel/Borders, Lockdown/ Stay-home

Presidential Speech

Ghana (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 15, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, International Travel/Borders, Lockdown/ Stay-home, Physical distance, PPE /Personal Protective Equipment

Communication 12 of 2020: Declaration of Emergency

Niger (National)

Issuing Authority: Council of Ministers

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 27, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property, Disease Surveillance and Technology, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: Access to health services, COVID-19-specific Law, Medicines & Access, PPE /Personal Protective Equipment

Government Measures

Algeria (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 18, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, International Travel/Borders

COVID measures and restrictions

Benin (National)

Issuing Authority: Government

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 17, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property, Disease Surveillance and Technology, Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, Face coverings/masks, International Travel/Borders, Medicines & Access, Physical distance

Civil Protection (Declaration of State of Disaster Rural and Urban Areas of Zimbabwe) (COVID-19) Notice, 2020

Zimbabwe (National)

Issuing Authority: Prime Minister

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 23, 2020 (issued) — May 20, 2020 (expired)

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Legal Topics: State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law

Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) Regulations, 2020 _ veritaszim

Zimbabwe (National)

Issuing Authority: Ministry of Health and Child Care

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 23, 2020 (issued) — May 20, 2020 (expired)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Criminal penalties, Curfew, Judicial oversight, PPE /Personal Protective Equipment, Prophylaxis

State of Health Alert

Burkina Faso (National)

Issuing Authority: Council of Ministers

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 25, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers

The Public Health (Infected Areas) (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations, 2020

Zambia (National)

Issuing Authority: Ministry of Health

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 13, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Criminal penalties, Extraordinary powers

Law on the Management of the Nation in Emergencies

Cambodia (National)

Issuing Authority: National Assembly

Type: Law/Policy Document

April 10, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: Administrative penalties, Criminal penalties, Extraordinary powers

Presidential Decree No. 06/2020

Cabo Verde (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 28, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: Administrative penalties, COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, International Travel/Borders, Migrants / Asylum Seekers / Refugees

Decree 82/20, measures to prevent and control spread

Angola (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 26, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property, Disease Surveillance and Technology, Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: Access to health services, COVID-19-specific Law, Criminal penalties, Essential services/workers, Exposure/transmission/non-disclosure, Gender, International Travel/Borders, Lockdown/ Stay-home, Medicines & Access, Physical distance

Notification 017 Declaring National Emergency

Côte d'Ivoire (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 23, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property, Disease Surveillance and Technology, Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: Access to health services, COVID-19-specific Law, Curfew, Essential services/workers, Lockdown/ Stay-home, Physical distance, Procurement of medical supplies

Public Guidelines (No. 3)

Eritrea (National)

Issuing Authority: Ministry of Health

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 23, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property, Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, International Travel/Borders, Lockdown/ Stay-home, Medicines & Access, Physical distance

Declaration of Emergency

Lesotho (National)

Issuing Authority: King

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 27, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Movement & Distancing Restrictions, State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, Information/Misinformation, International Travel/Borders, Lockdown/ Stay-home

Measures to be taken following the National Emergency Declaration

Eswatini (National)

Issuing Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 20, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, Human rights, International Travel/Borders, Migrants / Asylum Seekers / Refugees

Press Release: Public Emergency

Gambia (National)

Issuing Authority: President

Type: Law/Policy Document

March 18, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: State of emergency/public health emergency

Tags: COVID-19-specific Law

Report on Ministry of Health Emphasis on Providing Healthcare for All

South Sudan (National)

Issuing Authority: Federal Ministry of Health

Type: Law/Policy Document

June 17, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Access to medicines and intellectual property

Tags: Access to health services, COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers

Ministry of Health Guidelines about Scientific Approaches in Protecting the People Against COVID-19

South Sudan (National)

Issuing Authority: Federal Ministry of Health

Type: Law/Policy Document

June 16, 2020 (issued)

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Legal Topics: Isolation, Quarantine Measures, Movement & Distancing Restrictions

Tags: Access to health services, COVID-19-specific Law, Essential services/workers, Lockdown/ Stay-home