Daily roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 52 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

  • On Monday morning, Minister of Labour Dan Kersch announced a number of changes to partial unemployment and short-term employment measures during a press conference.
  • Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna presented his report on Luxembourg’s financial situation, which remains resilient despite the pandemic.
  • In the same vein, Luxembourg’s economic growth could bounce back to 4% in 2021, depending on the severity of new coronavirus variants.
  • Potential irregularities in the vaccination campaign have been uncovered at the Centre Hospitalier du Nord.
  • In a new study, the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIT) aims to understand more about coronavirus transmission between humans and animals.

  And abroad

  • [block type="summary”]The European Commission will propose rules for an EU vaccine “green pass” this month, as the bloc prepares to ramp up its Covid-19 immunisation drive, commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday.

    • Willingness to get a Covid-19 vaccine is on the rise compared to last year, a survey of six industrialised countries published on Monday showed.
    • Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepared to distribute nearly four million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab.
    • Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders to “call out” Covid-19 rule-breakers Monday, as public anger built over a series of infringements that forced the country’s largest city back into lockdown.
    • Already facing a daunting Covid vaccination challenge, French and German authorities are fighting to convince more people that a jab from the pharma giant AstraZeneca is just as effective as others.
    • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was vaccinated against Covid-19 Monday, but a glitch in an online booking system meant thousands were turned away from hospitals across the country.
    • As of Monday 1 March a number of facilities are back on the ‘accepted’ list in Rheinland-Pfalz, allowing hairdressers, flower shops, hardware stores and foot care studios to reopen - under strict conditions.