Lockdown in St. Lawrence

On March 20, 2020, the government of the Federal Republic of St. Lawrence under President Paul Sauvé imposed a nationwide lockdown (including its associated islands), which is effectively a total lockdown, restricting the movement of the population except for necessity, work, and health circumstances, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. It was originally set to last until April 12, but the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) had recommended to extend it until April 30.

Background
Following the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which started in Wuhan, Hubei, China, the Laurentian government confirmed the country's first case of the disease on January 30, 2020, when the virus was detected in a Chinese national who traveled from Wuhan, China and Hong Kong. The second case was confirmed on February 2, with the patient being the husband of the first case who was also Chinese. Three days later, on February 5, another Chinese national was confirmed to the be third case in the St. Lawrence. After a month, on March 5, the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) announced that the first Laurentian in the Philippines confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 who is also the fourth case while the fifth case is the first case of local transmission since the infected person did not travel outside St. Lawrence. The sixth case that was confirmed on March 7 is the wife of the fifth case. In the following days, the number of cases steadily increased.