Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
Data on policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak
Overview
This is the Coronavirus Government Response Tracker
Usage of this dataset should be cited using the preferred citation below:
Recommended citation for data: Hale, Thomas, Sam Webster, Anna Petherick, Toby Phillips, and Beatriz Kira (2020). Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, Blavatnik School of Government. Data use policy: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY standard.
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This dataset has significant public interest in light of the COVID-19 crisis. All bytes processed in queries against this dataset will be zeroed out, making this part of the query free. Data joined with the dataset will be billed at the normal rate to prevent abuse. After September 15, queries over these datasets will revert to the normal billing rate.
Additional details
Samples
Try the sample queries below in the BigQuery UI.
On what day did each country first implement their most stringent response?
This query finds the first day in which each country enacted the policies that amounted to their most stringent response to COVID-19, as measured by the dataset's stringency index
Run this query.
Which countries provided direct income support to its citizens earliest?
Determine which countries implemented income support for residents earliest by sorting the dataset by date where income support was offered.
Run this query.
Terms of Service
This dataset is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons 4.0 License