Find all of today's most important Covid developments both at home and abroad in one place.
Starting with Luxembourg
The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 819 new coronavirus infections were discovered over the last 24 hours.
On Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Health confirmed Paulette Lenert had tested positive for the virus.
- Hospitals in Luxembourg will return to 'Phase 2' as pressure from Covid infections eases.
- Last week, 3,648 people got infected with Covid-19, a decrease of 38% compared to the previous seven days.
And abroad
- Royal officials in the UK confirmed that the Queen has cancelled two engagements after testing positive for the virus.
- The world's largest brewer AB InBev has revealed that profits rose 50% last year, nearing pre-pandemic levels before Covid-19 forced shut pubs and bars worldwide.
- In Hong Kong, emergency powers have been invoked to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak.
- Elsewhere, Thai-language posts shared online with claims about the reliability of rapid Covid tests have been found to be false.
- In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revoked emergency powers used to dislodge trucker-led protests in Ottawa and blockades of border crossings to the United States, as he declared the crisis over.
- Hundreds of truckers and their supporters set off from southern California on a convoy headed across the United States towards the capital Washington to protest against pandemic restrictions.
- Social media posts claim that mask use impairs children's speech development. But experts say that while more research is needed on the topic, preliminary data does not support this conclusion.
- Multiple social media posts shared in February 2022 claim the Australian government has only recorded 83 deaths from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
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