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.
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