COVID-19 Pandemic in the Federal Republic of St. Lawrence

The first cases of the  in the Federal Republic of St. Lawrence was in January 24, 2020, with 2 Laurentian nationals tested positive to the virus when they arrived in. Two monts later, the first local case of the virus was in March 16, thus alerted the President to announce a lockdown that lasted from March 23-April 30, 2020.

Phase 1 - Lockdown

 * All people must stay inside their homes during this phase.
 * Mass gatherings are completely prohibited and all means of public transport is no longer allowed limiting the movement of people.
 * All schools in all levels are temporarily prohibited to conduct classes and activities during this time.
 * A "work from home" scheme is applied to the government workers of the executive branch except for the skeletal workforce consisting of uniformed personnel (Laurentian Mounties, Laurentian Armed Forces and the Coast Guard of St. Lawrence), those providing services in the frontline of health and emergency, and border control. For the private sector, companies are also advised to implement a "work from home" arrangement.
 * The populace's movement is restricted to their homes and they can only go outside to just buy basic needs such as food, medicines and other things needed for sustenance. Only a single person per household can go outside to buy basic necessities.
 * Non-essential businesses are not permitted to open and they will be forcibly closed if they do. In contrast, businesses who provide food and medicine are allowed to operate. In addition, gasoline stations and funeral services can continue their operations. Furthermore, financial institutions such as bank and money transfer services and utility providers are also not barred to open. Capital markets such as the Laurentian Central Bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and all the stock exchanges in many cities, were permitted to open beginning April 3 only, provided that skeletal workforce are set up. Those industries who act as Business Process Outsourcing or call centers as well as export-oriented industries are also allowed to continue with their operations as long as they observe social distancing protocols, temporary shelter for their employees by April 3, and keep up with a skeletal workforce. Hotels and other businesses that provide accommodation are not operational and they are only allowed to lodge foreign guests who have bookings or guests who have long-term leases as of April 1.
 * Traveling through air, sea and land is restricted only to diplomats, uniformed workers (especially those who travel with medical supplies, specimens from the laboratory in relation to COVID-19), and those who do humanitarian work. People who were going outside St. Lawrence were only limited to foreigners; and they must be escorted by only one person.