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Syria - Population: 17,070,135
Lockdown & social distancing
All counter measures
Date
Measure
Detail
Source
2020-04-10 Border checks  In NES, local authorities have recently relaxed the controls on the Fishkabour/Semalka informal bord... Reliefweb
2020-03-22 Border closure  Most land borders into Syria are now closed, *exemptions remaining (from Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon)... Reliefweb
2020-04-02 Changes in prison-related policies visits to prisons and detention facilities continue to be suspended until further notice.... Reliefweb
2020-05-11 Closure of businesses and public services The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs announced on Thu... Kurdistan 24
2020-04-11 Closure of businesses and public services The government team on the strategy to tackle the Corona epidemic decided to extend the suspension o... MoH
2020-04-02 Closure of businesses and public services judicial proceedings are suspended until at least 23 April.... relief web
2020-03-19 Closure of businesses and public services parks, restaurants, and various public buildings... Middle East Eye
2020-03-18 Closure of businesses and public services work has been stopped at the Citizen Service Center starting from the date of 3-18-2020... MoH
2020-03-14 Closure of businesses and public services Public sector employees to be reduced to 40%... Ministry of Health
2020-04-29 Closure of businesses and public services In Assad-led government-controlled areas - eased a tight lockdown by allowing all businesses and pub... the Star
2020-04-06 Curfews The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria has imposed a curfew and restricted mov... International SOS
2020-04-21 Curfews The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria has extended curfew *exceptions for hos... International SOS
2020-04-29 Curfews In Assad-led government-controlled areas, a curfew is in place from 06.00 to 18.00 (all times local)... International SOS
2020-04-02 Curfews a weekend curfew commenced, from 12pm to 6am every Friday and Saturday.... Reliefweb
2020-03-25 Curfews Curfew from 1800 to 0600... Global States of Emergency
2020-03-25 Domestic travel restrictions all domestic flights through Damascus International Airport. Tartous and Lattakia ports remain opera... Reliefweb
2020-04-21 Domestic travel restrictions The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria has extended restricted movement with t... International SOS
2020-04-06 Economic measures self-administration also announced that it would distribute food baskets for low-income families on ... Kurdistan24
2020-04-01 Economic measures exempted people of the region from paying water and electricity fees for two months, as of April.... Kurdistan24
2020-03-13 Economic measures Requesting U.S and other Western countries to lift sanctions to increase capacity of health system t... Syria Ministry of Health
2020-04-02 Full lockdown Some areas have been subject to total lockdowns including in Mneen, rural Damascus, and alSit Zaynab... Reliefweb
2020-03-14 Health screenings in airports and border crossings Syria implements extra checks at airports... Ministry of Health
2020-03-25 International flights suspension International flights have been suspended to Damascus International Airport... Reliefweb
2020-03-20 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies Voluntary isolation ... Syrian Arab News Agency
2020-03-14 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies plane passengers arriving from Iraq have to quarantine... Ministry of Health
2020-03-20 Isolation and quarantine policies Voluntary isolation ... Syrian Arab News Agency
2020-03-14 Isolation and quarantine policies plane passengers arriving from Iraq have to quarantine... Ministry of Health
2020-04-06 Other public health measures enforced suspending military conscription until July. Of course, it would not want to bring individuals into ... Kurdistan24
2020-04-02 Other public health measures enforced northern Syria hosts WhatsApp classes due to school closure... Middle East Eye
2020-04-02 Partial lockdown authorities in NES continue to implement curfew restrictions until at least 21 April, as well as clo... relief web
2020-04-11 Public services closure  The government team on the strategy to tackle the Corona epidemic decided to extend the suspension o... MoH
2020-03-19 Public services closure  parks, restaurants, and various public buildings... Middle East Eye
2020-03-14 Public services closure  Public sector employees to be reduced to 40%... Ministry of Health
2020-04-02 Public services closure  judicial proceedings are suspended until at least 23 April.... relief web
2020-03-18 Public services closure  work has been stopped at the Citizen Service Center starting from the date of 3-18-2020... MoH
2020-03-14 Schools closure  Suspension of all public and private schools and universities until April 2nd... Ministry of Health
2020-03-19 Schools closure  ... Middle East Eye
2020-04-09 Strengthening the public health system Ministry of Health ... the emerging team of the Coruna_Virus virus advisory group puts awareness and... MoH
2020-04-08 Strengthening the public health system As of 8 April, according to the MoH, around 950 tests have been conducted by the Central Public Heal... Reliefweb
2020-04-16 Strengthening the public health system Syrian medical students fast-tracked into early service... Middle East Eye
2020-04-20 Strengthening the public health system Syria's Kurds have set up a specialised hospital for coronavirus cases after the first Covid-19 deat... Middle East Eye
2020-03-20 Strengthening the public health system creating quarantine centers ... Syrian Arab News Agency
2020-05-08 Strengthening the public health system The first quarantine centre has been set up in northwestern Syria to screen travellers.It is locate... Middle East Eye
2020-04-03 Strengthening the public health system Al Hol field hospital introduces COVID-19 preventative measures. Al Hol camp is a striking example o... Reliefweb
2020-03-26 Testing policy WHO begins testing for the coronavirus in northwest Syria amid fears of a disaster if the pandemic r... MiddleEastEye
2020-03-19 Visa restrictions Entry ban from Iraq and Jordan ... International SOS
2020-03-20 Visa restrictions two-month ban on the entry of all travellers from Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Franc... International SOS
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