All the countries try to contain the pandemic by implementing a variety of preventing measures. The graph below demonstrates European countries percentage, that imposed every measures.

The measures that implied by more than 70% of the countries were: limitations of gatherings, school closure, economic measures, strengthening health system, restrictions in travelling and Lockdowns.

The graphs (Area Plots) that follow show some of the most important measures that governments imposed to fight the pandemic. The graphs describe the severity of the measures during the months of pandemic. The table below shows the levels of severity for the measures.

The above measures influenced country population mobility as the following graph demonstrates.

All along the three waves of the pandemic (Feb 2020-May 2021) we see a considerable reduction in mobility in most European countries due to lockdown policies. Overall mobility remained low apart from Park mobility, which increased during the summer months and generally remained higher that other activities, as it was the only recreation option. Government policies such as work from home or closing business kept mobility low, while the good weather encouraged outdoor mobility.