28 May 2020 – State of Emergency extended, isolation of Greater Abidjan continues

Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Health, Local Government, Social Services, Transportation
Intervention Categories: Social and physical distancing measures; Adapting or closing offices, businesses, institutions, and operations; International travel measures; Legal and policy; Declaring state of emergency
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: The National Security Council

Overview: After evaluating the decisions taken by the government to fight COVID19, the National Security Council has taken measures, including the extension of the following measures until Sunday, June 14, 2020:
  – maintaining the state of emergency
   – maintaining the isolation of Greater Abidjan
– maintaining the closure of bars, nightclubs, cinemas and places of entertainment
  – maintaining the closure of land, sea and air borders.
Full details here: https://news.abidjan.net/h/672739.html

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Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: The decision is justified by the rapid increase in the pendemie in Côte d’Ivoire.