Table 3 COVID-19 testing capacity, influenza surveillance, border control measures, and preparedness activities in the 24 countries with no reported cases as of 30 March 2020
From: Countries with delayed COVID-19 introduction – characteristics, drivers, gaps, and opportunities
Country | Testing and surveillance | Border control measures | COVID-19 preparedness activities | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In-country COVID-19 testing (if yes, capacity) | Export COVID-19 testing | Flu surveillance (if yes, typea) | Travel restriction | Border closure | Entry screening | Traveler quarantine | Preparedness plan | Mass gathering restriction | School closure | Business closure | COVID-19 funding | Health worker training | PPEb | Quarantine isolation facility | |
AFRO | |||||||||||||||
Botswana | Yes (500/day) | – | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Burundi | Yes (Unknown) | – | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Comoros | No | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lesotho | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Malawi | Yes (> 20 K total tests) | – | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Sao Tome and Principe | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown |
Sierra Leone | Yes (35/mil people/day) | – | Yes (Lab, ILI, SARI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
South Sudan | Yes (20 K total tests) | – | Yes (Lab, ILI, SARI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
EMRO | |||||||||||||||
Yemen | Yes (Thousands) | – | Yes (Lab) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
EURO | |||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | Yes (Unknown) | – | Yes (Lab, ILI, SARI) | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
Turkmenistan | Yes (Unknown) | – | Yes (Lab, ILI, SARI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
SEARO | |||||||||||||||
North Korea | Yes (Unknown) | – | Yes (Lab, ILI, SARI) | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
WPRO | |||||||||||||||
Cook Islands | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Kiribati | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Marshall Islands | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Micronesia | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
Nauru | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Niue | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (ILI) | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Palau | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Samoa | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown |
Solomon Islands | No | Yes | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Tonga | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tuvalu | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Vanuatu | No | Unknown | Yes (ILI) | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |