Evening roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 119 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

  • Workers’ rights must be respected, even during a pandemic, says president of the Chamber of Employees Nora Back.

  And around the world

  • New US President Joe Biden was due Friday to order more help for Americans struggling to cope with the pandemic in the world’s worst-hit country, as an international deal won cheaper access to rapid Covid-19 tests for millions in poorer nations.

  • [block type="summary”]The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate.

    • Rio de Janeiro will not host its famous carnival this year due to a deadly revival of the coronavirus epidemic in Brazil, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes has announced.