Table 2 Discrimination of item parameters (policies) in the policy activity index

From: COVID-19 Government Response Event Dataset (CoronaNet v.1.0)

Policy

5% Low estimate

Median estimate

95% High estimate

Closure of shopping malls

1.5

1.7

2.0

Restriction commercial business

1.5

1.7

1.9

Closure of retail stores

1.3

1.5

1.8

Closure of personal grooming

1.2

1.4

1.6

Primary school closure

1.1

1.3

1.4

High school closure

1.1

1.2

1.4

Higher education closure

1.0

1.1

1.2

Restriction of other business

0.9

1.1

1.2

Sanitizer policies

0.9

1.0

1.2

Closure of restaurants

1.0

1.0

1.0

Quarantine at home

1.0

1.0

1.0

Pre-school closure

0.9

1.0

1.1

Mobilization of volunteers

0.8

0.9

1.1

Other health staff

0.8

0.9

1.0

Restriction of mass gatherings

0.8

0.9

1.0

Test production

0.7

0.8

1.0

Mobilization of doctors

0.7

0.8

1.0

Mobilization of nurses

0.7

0.8

1.0

Internal border restrictions

0.7

0.8

0.9

Limited quarantine

0.6

0.8

1.0

Other health resources

0.7

0.8

0.9

Social distancing

0.7

0.8

0.9

Other health facilities

0.6

0.8

0.9

Other health resources

0.6

0.8

0.9

Mobilization of ventilators

0.6

0.8

0.9

Masks policies

0.6

0.7

0.9

Restriction government services

0.6

0.7

0.8

Other health facilities

0.5

0.7

0.8

PPE mobilization

0.5

0.6

0.8

External border closure

0.6

0.6

0.7

Supporting hospitals

0.5

0.6

0.7

Other quarantine

0.5

0.6

0.7

Quarantine in hotel

0.5

0.6

0.7

Curfew

0.5

0.5

0.6

Biomedical research

0.4

0.5

0.7

Declaration of emergency

0.4

0.5

0.6

Temporary medical units

0.3

0.5

0.6

Quarantine/lockdown

0.3

0.4

0.6

Building quarantine facilities

0.3

0.4

0.5

Public testing mobilization

0.3

0.4

0.5

Quarantine in government facility

0.3

0.4

0.5

Border health certificates

0.3

0.4

0.5

Monitoring population health

0.3

0.4

0.4

Public awareness measures

0.3

0.3

0.4

Suspend visa issuance

0.3

0.3

0.4

Mobilization of testing

0.3

0.3

0.4

Task force

0.2

0.3

0.4

Other border restriction

0.0

0.2

0.5

Border health screenings

0.2

0.2

0.3

Travel history required

0.1

0.1

0.2

  1. PPE, personal protective equipment.