Daily roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 182 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• The CovidCheck regime will proceed as planned, as the government refused to halt the introduction of potential restrictions in the workplace. Meanwhile, the system has already been introduced to a number of government departments, with many more to follow from 1 November.

• Two weeks after the last “Marche Blanche”, another demonstration was expected on Friday evening on Kirchberg to protest Covid restrictions.

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced borders would reopen to UK travellers who have been vaccinated, starting on 29 October 2021.

And abroad

• Beijing officials on Friday told residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral ceremonies short, as disease controls across China were tightened just months before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the capital.

• Russia reported 1,163 new coronavirus deaths, the country’s biggest one-day increase to date. In addition, 39,849 cases were registered.

• Ikea will pay a total of 110 million euros in bonuses to employees worldwide as reward for their work during the pandemic.

• [block type="summary”]The UK government is to remove all remaining countries from its travel “red list”, scrapping bans on foreigners travelling to England.

  • South Africa said Friday it will set up 1,000 vaccination sites at selected polling stations during next week’s local government elections to offer voters a chance to get a shot after casting ballots.