The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 91 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
The Delta variant is now fully dominant in Luxembourg, accounting for 100% of samples analysed during the week of 30 August - 5 September.
According to Dr Philippe Turk, further efforts must be made to convince unvaccinated people to get the jab, especially since there is still a danger of new variants emerging.
Luxembourg’s primary schools closed for a total of 48 days between 1 January 2020 and 20 May 2021. The OECD global average was 78 days.
Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut its projected shipments, raising the risk of new and deadly variants, the WHO said on Thursday.
Facebook and TikTok posts viewed thousands of times claim that the wife of top US Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci is the acting head of the US Food and Drug Administration and “approved the Pfizer vaccine”. The claims are false.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused the EU Friday of not approving his government’s post-coronavirus recovery spending plan due to a row over LGBTQ rights.
Brazil’s Covid-unvaccinated President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he will attend next week’s United Nations conclave in New York, effectively defying city authorities who recently announced proof-of-vaccination requirements for all attending leaders and diplomats.
The first civil lawsuit began in a court in Vienna on Friday over a notorious outbreak of coronavirus at the popular ski resort of Ischgl in March 2020, where thousands of people from 45 countries claim to have become infected.
