The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 14 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
Luxembourg is now classified as “green” by ECDC, following a steady decrease in coronavirus infections over the past weeks.
The British government on Thursday announced it was lifting coronavirus travel restrictions on some countries, with visitors to Malta and Spain’s Balearic Islands no longer required to quarantine on return.
Australia and Israel, which had been successful in fending off Covid-19, reimposed restrictions on Friday as cases surged of the highly contagious Delta variant which also threatened Africa with a brutal third wave.
Japan’s prime minister on Friday dismissed claims that the country’s emperor is “concerned” the Tokyo Olympics could spread the coronavirus, saying the comments were the opinions of an imperial household representative.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday stood by his beleaguered health secretary after he admitted to breaking Covid rules during a newly-revealed affair with a close aide.
India’s richest state Maharashtra tightened restrictions Friday, citing fears of a “more severe third wave” as the country recorded its third death caused by a new coronavirus variant.
The highly-contagious Delta variant is causing a surge in new Covid-19 cases even in countries with high vaccination rates and experts warn that inoculation campaigns are in a race against time to contain it.
Fiji health chiefs have admitted for the first time that Covid-19 transmission is widespread in the community after the Pacific nation recorded more than 300 new daily cases.
