State of emergency

legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A state of emergency is when a government is able to put through policies that it would normally not be able to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare a state of emergency during a natural disaster, violent protests, medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk.[1]

States of emergency can also be used as a reason for ending certain rights and freedoms given under a country's constitution or basic law, sometimes through martial law.[2]

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