Daily roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 570 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1826876.htmlA number of events have been subjected to cancellations recently in light of rising Covid cases. The RTL editorial team has put together a list here.

• Why is the number of vaccinated patients in hospitals increasing?

• President of the Chamber of Deputies Fernand Etgen condemned a comment by MP Roy Reding from the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (adr) on social media, stressing that there is nothing funny about the virus.

• The financial sector union ALEBA took a stand on Thursday on the widespread implementation of the CovidCheck regime at work.

• Long queues have formed in front of the country’s vaccination centres and stations over the past days. Residents are urged to wait for their official invitation.

And abroad

• Champagne sales are expected to clock up a record year as shops and restaurants replenish stocks after months of virus-related restrictions and as retail demand surges.

• The United States added just 210,000 jobs last month, the government reported Friday, less than half the increase analysts were expecting in the latest headwind for President Joe Biden.

• A year ago, the world kicked off one of the greatest initiatives in medical history: the rush to vaccinate Earth’s human population against Covid-19. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s little talk of a vaccine success story.

• A video that shows police officers knocking over a man in a wheelchair has been viewed thousands of times on social media with a false claim that it was filmed during protests against Covid-19 restrictions in Australia in 2021. Read our Fact Check here.

• Articles and video footage shared on social media falsely claim mothers vaccinated against Covid-19 suffered 13 stillbirths in 24 hours at a hospital in western Canada. Read our Fact Check here.

• Spectators attending a major venue for the Beijing Olympics must be vaccinated but fans could be barred from the arena entirely if the coronavirus worsens in China, state media says.

• https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1826734.htmlThe United States and Australia announced their first locally transmitted cases of the Omicron variant as authorities worldwide rushed Friday to stem the spread of the heavily mutated strain of Covid-19.

• Even before it became a hotspot for Omicron variant cases, the Netherlands was one of the countries worst hit by the latest wave of Covid-19.

• US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travelers and a surge in vaccination efforts.

• Governments and scientists around the world are championing vaccination as the way to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet while large swathes of the global population remain unvaccinated because of a lack of access, other people who can get their jabs are choosing not to.