Daily roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 220 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. Three deaths were also recorded.

  • Schools will reopen with face-to-face teaching on Monday, with mandatory mask wearing from cycle 2 upwards. This measure in particular concerns many parents, as shown by the feedback our colleagues on the radio received on Friday morning’s show “Dir hutt d’Wuert”.
  • On Sunday, a nurse and a doctor from Luxembourg were flown to Portugal to support staff buckling under the weight of a new wave of infections.
  • And lastly, how will Covid-19 influence our yearly tax returns? PWC has an overview for us.

  And abroad

  • [block type="summary”] The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,441,926 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Friday.

    • The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a sharp slowdown in the number of new cases, which have been cut in half from a peak in early January, according to data gathered by AFP. Here is the state of play worldwide.
    • The Dutch government asked appeals judges Friday to overturn a court order scrapping a coronavirus curfew, comparing the pandemic to waters overwhelming the low-lying country’s famed dykes.
    • A young man was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail after he coughed at Danish policemen while shouting “corona”, the Supreme Court said.
    • Lockdown-weary Malaysians have jumped at the chance for an unusual eating-out experience allowing them to enjoy restaurant food despite coronavirus curbs -- in-car dining.
    • Venezuela started immunizing health care workers against the coronavirus Thursday with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, as the government said it intended to inoculate 70 percent of the population by year end.
    • The first dose of the Pfizer vaccination is 85 percent effective against coronavirus infection between two and four weeks after inoculation, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.