Sources: BBC
Moldova enters a 60-day state of emergency to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Acting Prime Minister Aureliu Ciocoi says that the rate of infection has increased to 635 per 100,000 people. 2021-04-1
President Emmanuel Macron announces a 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time curfew for the Île-de-France region that includes Paris, as well as Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse starting October 17 for at least four weeks in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the country declares another national state of health emergency after it expired on July 10. 2020-10-14
Okinawa declares a state of emergency for two weeks until August 15 and asks people to stay home after the popular tourist destination sees an "explosive spread" of COVID-19 cases. 2020-08-1
Tonga and Fiji declare a state of emergency as part of an ongoing measles outbreak. Conditions worsen in Samoa where the death toll continues to rise and schools remain closed. There are 1,797 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with 153 detected on Friday alone. 2019-11-23
Ethiopia's government declares a six-month state of emergency amid continuing protests, especially in the restive Oromia Region. 2016-10-9
Aid starts to flow in after an earthquake kills over 270 people in Ecuador. 2016-04-18
The government of Chad declares a state of emergency in the Lake Chad area a day after a double suicide bombing that has killed two people. 2015-11-9
2015 Baltimore riots: The Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, rescinds a state of emergency imposed following the riots prompted by the death of Freddie Gray. 2015-05-6
The Algerian government adopts a draft law lifting the state of emergency in the country, in place since 1992. 2011-02-22
A state of emergency in place in Ecuador after the 2010 Ecuador crisis is extended to Friday. 2010-10-5