Quarantine

====Rest of the world====
{{further|Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic}}

In the immediate context of the start of the pandemic in Wuhan, countries neighbouring or close to China adopted a cautious approach. For example, Sri Lanka, Macau, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, and South Korea had all imposed some degree of lockdown by 19 February.<ref name=BBC_Lockdown>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52103747 Coronavirus: The world in lockdown in maps and charts] 7 April 2020 ''www.bbc.co.uk'', accessed 19 April 2020</ref> As countries across the world reported escalating case numbers and deaths, more and more countries began to announce travel restrictions and lockdowns.<ref name=BBC_Lockdown/> Africa and Latin America were relatively delayed in the spread of the virus, but even on these continents, countries began to impose travel bans and lockdowns. Brazil and Mexico began lockdowns in late February and much of the rest of Latin America followed suit in early March.<ref name=BBC_Lockdown/> Much of Africa was on lockdown by the start of April.<ref name=BBC_Lockdown/> Kenya, for example, blocked certain international flights and subsequently placed a ban on 'global' meetings.<ref>[https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2020/03/govt-imposes-month-long-ban-on-global-meetings-in-measures-to-avert-coronavirus-spread/ Kenya: Govt imposes month-long ban on global meetings in measures to avert coronavirus spread] ''www.capitalfm.co.ke'', accessed 15 March 2020</ref>

{{As of|2020|04|01|alt=As of 1 April 2020}}, more than 280&nbsp;million people, or about 86% of the population, were under some form of lockdown in the [[United States]],<ref>{{cite news |title=More than 85% of all Americans have been ordered to stay at home. This map shows which cities and states are under lockdown |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/us-map-stay-at-home-orders-lockdowns-2020-3 |work=Business Insider |date=1 April 2020}}</ref> 59 million people were in lockdown in [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chutel |first1=Lynsey |last2=Dahir |first2=Abdi Latif |title=With Most Coronavirus Cases in Africa, South Africa Locks Down |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/africa/south-africa-coronavirus.html |work=The New York Times|date=27 March 2020}}</ref> and 1.3 billion people were in [[2020 coronavirus lockdown in India|lockdown in India]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Supriya |title=For a billion Indians, lockdown has not prevented tragedy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/29/india-lockdown-tragedy-healthcare-coronavirus-starvation-mumbai |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chaos and hunger amid India coronavirus lockdown |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/chaos-hunger-india-coronavirus-lockdown-200327094522268.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=27 March 2020}}</ref>