Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2021

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This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2021, 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 the United Nations

1 June

Reactions and measures in Africa

Reactions and measures in the Americas

15 June

Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean

18 June

Reactions and measures in Europe

15 June

Reactions and measures in South, East and Southeast Asia

9 June

11 June

15 June

20 June

21 June

24 June

Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific

2 June

8 June

13 June

18 June

23 June

26 June

27 June

29 June

30 June

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