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On 18 March, public gatherings including places of worship, pubs, weddings, music shows, rallies and cultural meetings were suspended". Mar 22 1st case confirmed. On 25 March, public transport was suspended for 14 days. Only private cars with not more than three occupants are allowed on the road. On 25 March, public transport was suspended for 14 days. Only private cars with not more than three occupants are allowed on the road. On 26 March, police and other security personnel were heavily deployed in all city suburbs, slums and along the streets to enforce the president's directives. A few people who breached the government's restrictions were arrested. On 30 March, the President declared a nationwide curfew from 7 pm to 6:30 am, which would run for 14 days to prevent the spread of the disease.
These interventions appear to correlate strongly with the rise in IPDV at the Victoria University and to a lesser extent for mail2.starcom.ug.
Zambia
PingER monitors five hosts in Zambia: www.deczambia.gov.zm the Drug Enforcement Commission in the capital Lusaka, www.cooperativecollege.ac.zm the Zambia Cooperative College in Lusaka, www.talk90point5.co.zm the Millenium Radio in Lusaka, www.parliament.gov.zm the NationalAssembly of Zambia in Lusaka, and cobra.unza.zm the University of Zambia in Lusaka.
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The chart below shows that towards the end of March the IPDV of both hosts drops and smoothes out. This appears to correlate with the interventions mentioned above. To be more specific, following the spike on Monday Mar 30 the 2-week average for (excluding the spike) drops to between 1.06 and 1.3 (including the spike the average is about 1.5-1.6) for www.paynet.ac.zw.
