COVID-19: overview of the OSCE
participating States’ response*
*As of 3 April 2020
The OSCE region has been
severely hit by the COVID-19
pandemic.
Infection and mortality rates
are increasing constantly,
with Italy, Spain and the US,
having reached more than
400,000 cases and more
than 25,000 victims com-
bined.
Deaths
Infection cases
>100,000
pS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0
1-100
100-1,000
1,000-10,000
10,000-100,000
Despite 31 participating
States (pS) having less than
1,000 confirmed infections, in
11 states, cases continue to
grow above 10,000.
With the pandemic progressing, 35 pS
have declared a State of Emergency, or a
similar regime. In 11 cases legislative
bodies played an active role.
11
24
Declared/adopted by parliament
Declared/adopted by executive
structures
Not declared
21
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES
As part of the applied containment measures, personal confinement of varying
degrees is in place in 54 pS. In addition, the same number of countries have
limited the operation of public services and reduced the private sector’s eco-
nomic activity to a minimum level.
54
3
79 %
12 out of 57 pS are making use of electronic
monitoring tools to prevent the spread of the
virus and control the enforcement of other
measures.
No electronic
tools used
Some electronic
measuers
deployed
21 %
BORDER CONTROL MEASURES
91 %
of the pS have intro-
duced a certain level
of international travel
restrictions, including
entry/exit bans and
temporary suspen-
sion of air and mari-
time routes.
While lockdown
measures have led
to a complete or
partial closure of
the borders in
54
Support for
vulnerable
populations
pS
To mitigate the economic repercussions of the pandemic, support measures have
been adopted by 54 (95 %) of the pS
Business
support
ECONOMIC
MEASURES
Labour support
Macroeconomic
Governments’ efforts to mitigate the effects on economy include a variety of
measures, from direct financial support to the most vulnerable to emergency
liquidity funds for businesses, job retaining plans, and monetary policy
schemes.
IMPACT ON THE WORK OF PARLIAMENTS
8%
30
25
20
92 %
15
10
5
0
In 52 pS, parliamentary work has
been affected by the pandemic to a
certain extent, with most legislative
bodies implementing social distanc-
ing and teleworking measures.
In 27 pS, essential emergency and/or
economic support measures have been
approved by their respective legislature.
Parliamentary consultation of emergen-
cy texts are in the pipeline in 9 pS.
IMPACT ON ELECTIONS
18
22
elections scheduled in 2020 have
been postponed or cancelled as a
result of the outbreak while
pS are planning to hold their elec-
tions.
DISCLAIMER:
The overview of the OSCE participating States’
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been collated for informa-
tive and comparative purposes based on open sources data. As such,
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly makes no claims nor warranties of
any kind, expressed or implied, about its completeness and reliability.