Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020

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This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.

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Reactions and measures in Africa

18 December

Reactions and measures in the Americas

3 December

10 December

11 December

19 December

Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean

5 December

Reactions and measures in Europe

2 December

8 December

14 December

16 December

20 December

21 December

Reactions and measures in South and Southeast Asia

5 December

7 December

13 December

19 December

23 December

24 December

Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific

11 December

12 December

14 December

17 December

18 December

19 December

20 December

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