Impact on daily life: EU member states' measures to address the outbreak
Author | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (EU body or agency) |
Pages | 19-26 |
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This section showcases how COVID-19 continues to affect five key areas of
daily life: daily social interaction, education, work, the judicial system, and
travel to and within the EU. The evidence indicates that, while Member States
are lifting restrictions in many areas, significant challenges to fundamental
rights remain.
. DISRUPTIONS TO DAILY INTERACTION: PHYSICAL
DISTANCING
In June, all Member States progressed with further lifting the restrictions put
in place when the pandemic began. Governments and authorities continued
to call for public discipline and solidarity, and for people to maintain the
minimum physical distance.
The removal of constraints in public life came on the condition that health
and safety instructions are strictly followed. Such instructions not only
encompassed hygiene etiquette, but also measures such as curbing the number
of customers in service facilities, limiting opening times, requiring specific
seating arrangements in restaurants or cultural venues, and installing protective
shields in shops. Facemasks remained mandatory on public transport in almost
all countries, with exceptions for children and persons with particular needs.
Limitations on the number of participants attending an event were adjusted in
many countries, allowing for events with a greater number of participants than
in the preceding months. However, a ban on mass events lasted throughout
June in most Member States.
While general stay-at-home orders have been lifted in all Member States,
specific orders remained in place in many countries for persons infected
with the Coronavirus or persons living with them. In addition, some Member
States ordered lockdown measures for specific regions experiencing rising
infection rates:
IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE:
EU MEMBER STATES’
MEASURES TO ADDRESS
THE OUTBREAK
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