Executive Decree No. 20-70 setting additional measures to prevent and combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was published in the Official Journal of the Algerian Republic No. 16 of 29 Rajab 1441 corresponding to March 24, 2020.
The purpose of this decree is to set additional measures to prevent and combat the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). These additional measures are aimed at setting up containment systems, restricting traffic, supervising commerce and supply activities for citizens, rules for distancing as well as methods for citizen mobilization in the national effort to preventing and combating the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).