Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021

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This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in November 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

16 November

Reactions and measures in Africa

23 November

26 November

27 November

Reactions and measures in the Americas

Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean

10 November

Reactions and measures in Europe

9 November

15 November

26 November

Reactions and measures in South, East and Southeast Asia

1 November

8 November

9 November

15 November

17 November

24 November

26 November

Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific

1 November

2 November

8 November

9 November

10 November

17 November

19 November

22 November

24 November

26 November

30 November

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