COVID-19 in India: Lockdown, Legal Challenges, and Disparate Impacts
Testing, quarantine and contact tracing were employed to detect and prevent further transmission of the virus. Breach of orders was criminally punishable.
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On March 18th, the Chilean government resolved, via an executive order, a state of constitutional catastrophe in response to the novel Coronavirus.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Finland began enacting national containment measures on March 16, 2020, after declaring a national state of emergency.
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The main regulatory avenue that Switzerland’s Federal Council has used in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been federal orders.
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Read more: How Much Help Do Health Care Systems Need to Survive Coronavirus? How Much Help Do Health Care Systems Need to Survive Coronavirus?
How much additional funding would it actually take to enable the health care system to continue functioning at close to normal capacity?
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Read more: COVID-19 in Brazil: Institutional Meltdown in the Middle of a Pandemic COVID-19 in Brazil: Institutional Meltdown in the Middle of a Pandemic
Nowhere has a democratic country witnessed such frontal and public quarrel within its own government as in Brazil.
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Read more: Sweden’s Response to COVID-19: A Tale of Trust, Recommendations, and Odorous Nudges Sweden’s Response to COVID-19: A Tale of Trust, Recommendations, and Odorous Nudges
The trust-based Swedish approach to the Corona-crisis — relatively moderate compared to most other countries — has been both hailed and heavily criticized.
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Read more: Legal Tools Used in China in the COVID-19 Emergency Legal Tools Used in China in the COVID-19 Emergency
A common feature in emergency times around the world is that more powers are employed by the government and individual rights are curtailed.
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Read more: Anti-COVID Measures Restricting Civil Liberties in Italy: Issues of Legality and Legitimacy Anti-COVID Measures Restricting Civil Liberties in Italy: Issues of Legality and Legitimacy
Since March 2020, people in Italy have experienced human rights restrictions that are unprecedented in the country’s republican history.
