Pull HDX COVID Government Measures data

Source: R/pull_covid_gov_measures.R

Downloads the UNOCHA HDX COVID Government Measures dataset and loads it into R. The COVID Government Measures dataset "puts together all the measures implemented by governments worldwide in response to the Coronavirus pandemic." For more information, see https://data.humdata.org/dataset/acaps-covid19-government-measures-dataset.

pull_covid_gov_measures(natl_lvl_only = TRUE, pepfar_only = TRUE)

Arguments

natl_lvl_only

limit data to national level, default = TRUE
pepfar_only

limit to just PEPFAR countries, default = TRUE

Source

https://data.humdata.org/dataset/acaps-covid19-government-measures-dataset

Value

dataframe of countries and their types of government interventions by day

Examples

if (FALSE) {
df_gov_measures <- pull_covid_gov_measures()
df_restrictions <- df_gov_measures %>% 
  filter(countryname == "Nigeria",
         measure %in% c("Domestic travel restrictions",
                        "Partial lockdown", "Full lockdown",
                        "Checkpoints within the country",
                        "Curfews"),
         log_type == "Introduction / extension of measures") %>% 
  select(countryname, 
         date = date_implemented, 
         restrict_cat = category, 
         restrict_measure = measure) }