Evening roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Today's most important stories surrounding coronavirus in one place.

Starting with Luxembourg

  • [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 37 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, of which 33 were residents.

    Around the world

    • Britain on Thursday said it will reimpose quarantine for travellers from France and the Netherlands, prompting Paris to quickly announce a “reciprocal measure”.

    • Countries in coronavirus epicenterLatin America reported troubling new statistics on Thursday, with Mexico and Peru both surpassing half a million confirmed infections.

    • Doctors in a rural Sierra Leone hospital may be accustomed to treating severely ill infants, but they recently admitted one of the worst cases they had ever seen.

    • Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in New Zealand’s largest city Friday, giving health authorities more time to trace and contain a strain of coronavirus previously unseen in the country.

    • German biotech company CureVac, whose development of a coronavirus vaccine reportedly drew interest from US President Donald Trump, is set to make its Nasdaq debut Friday after raising more than $200 million in its initial public offering in New York.

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