A yayin barkewar COVID-19, an ba da rahoton take hakkin ɗan adam da suka haɗa da takunkumi, nuna wariya, tsare (Lockdown) ba bisa ƙa'ida ba da ƙyamar baƙi daga sassa daban-daban na duniya. Kungiyar kare hakkin bil adama ta Amnesty International ta mayar da martani da cewa "take hakkin dan adam na hana, maimakon sauƙaƙewa, martani ga abubuwan gaggawa na lafiyar jama'a tare da lalata ingancin su." Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ta bayyana cewa bai kamata a ba da amsar zaman-gida-gida don rage barkewar cutar ba ta hanyar kare hakkin dan adam. An ba da ƙarin damuwa game da tasirin matakan ɗaukar matakan COVID-19 akan haƙƙin ɗan adam, dimokiraɗiyya da shugabanci. Masana da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa batutuwa daban -daban suna ratsawa, kuma yanzu ba batun batu ɗaya ba ne. Dangane da rahoton Freedom House, aƙalla ƙasashe 91 sun fuskanci ƙuntatawa kan kafofin watsa labarai a zaman wani ɓangare na martanin su ga cutar ta COVID-19, tare da waɗannan ƙuntatawa da ke faruwa a cikin kashi 62% na 'Ƙasashe Masu' Yanci 'da 67% na' Ba Kasashe Masu 'Yanci .