Term:Restrictions

Related terms

• social distancing and lockdown (are types of)
• (are accompanied by) vaccine mandate and obligation to wear face mask (to prevent the spread of) virus transmission and COVID-19 pandemic

Normative

Definition

[...] restrictions imposed to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as regards both travel and other activities [...]

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021H0961

Encyclopaedic information

Such restrictions have detrimental effects on persons and businesses, especially persons living in border regions and travelling across the border on a daily or frequent basis for the purposes of work, business, education, family, medical care or caregiving.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0954

Examples

When considering whether to apply restrictions, Member States should take into account the level of protection provided by the increases in vaccination uptake, notably among target groups.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021H0961

Collocations

• travel restrictions
• temporary restrictions
• to waive restrictions
• to lift restrictions
• to impose restrictions
• to introduce restrictions

Keyness

>1000

Research

Definition/description

The Chinese authorities have introduced restrictions on public gathering, unnecessary movements, and public transportation.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.20.20039644v2

Travel restrictions were implemented as a reduction of the rate of all forms of travel.

Source: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/06-0740_article

Examples

First, when the travel restrictions were implemented, the flow of population had peaked already just before the Spring festival.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.05.20031740v2

As of 2 February 2020, healthy individuals are quarantined with movement restrictions and brought under medical observation at designated hotels and dormitories.

Source: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/2/419

Collocations

• travel restrictions
• movement restrictions
• impose restrictions
• lift restrictions
• evade restrictions
• enforce restrictions
• place restrictions
• relax restrictions

Keyness

>1000

Press

Variants and synonyms

• lockdown
• measure

Examples

COVID restrictions will continue for at least a year even if a working vaccine is found, leading scientists warn.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12823809/covid-19-restrictions-at-least-year-after-vaccine/

Under those restrictions, the number of people allowed into a home will be limited to 30, including visitors, residents and children.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10043535/Possible-new-Covid-case-detected-Townsville-NRL-Grand-Final-thrown-chaos.html

Collocations

• tough restrictions
• coronavirus restrictions
• Covid restrictions
• Covid-19 restrictions
• COVID-19 restrictions
• pandemic restrictions
• lockdown restrictions
• travel restrictions
• new restrictions
• border restrictions
• severe restrictions
• to ease restrictions
• to lift restrictions
• to impose restrictions
• to relax restrictions
• to tighten restrictions
• to remove restrictions
• to announce restrictions

Keyness

• restrictions: 55
• lockdown: 9
• measure: >1000

Note

As a keyword, the lemma appears in the singular form.

Comments

Variants and synonyms

• measures
• (COVID) rules

Description

[...] these restrictions are to ensure that people DO continue to have a life

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Examples

When there are complaints about lockdowns, these people represent the very problem that lockdowns and other restrictions are intended to mitigate against - they are incapable of carrying out a risk assessment.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

The measures are still there to protect the unvaxed.

Source: unknown

The ever changing rules are impacting everyone adversely.

Source: unknown

Collocations

• tight restrictions
• strict restrictions
• unnecessary restrictions
• pointless restrictions

• to impose restrictions
• to lift restrictions
• to introduce restrictions
• to justify restrictions
• to place restrictions
• to ignore restrictions
• to accept restrictions
• to prolong restrictions

• travel restrictions
• to obey rules
• to follow rules
• to ignore rules
• to impose rules
• to enforce rules
• to set out rules
• to break rules
• to play by the rules
• draconian rules
• emergency measures
• health measures
• simple measures
• precautionary measures
• draconian measures
• to introduce measures

Keyness

• restrictions: 337
• measures: >1000
• COVID rule: 204
• rules: >1000