Daily roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Read all of today's most important Covid-19 from Luxembourg and abroad news in our daily roundup.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 189 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past two days.

    • Josh Oudendijk’s latest ‘Times like Covid’ instalment focuses on the impact the pandemic has had on university students.
    • [block type="summary”]The Public Transport Administration will be distributing free bottles of disinfectant gel on 20 and 21 April at several transport hubs.

      • The Luxembourgish Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians insists that even in times of the pandemic, prospective fathers should be allowed to accompany the pregnant mother for this important step in the lives of their children.

      • The website for AstraZeneca vaccination volunteers, as discussed on Friday’s press briefing, is currently under construction and expected to come online either by the end of the day, or over the course of the coming days, the Ministry of Health has announced.

      • [block type="summary”]On Monday, the president of the the National Parent Council talked to our colleagues at RTL Radio about the implementation of the new testing strategy.

        And around the world

        • Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Monday slammed the “tragedy” of vaccine inequity as she donated 100,000 euros ($120,000) from her foundation to the Covax scheme for global access to Covid-19 jabs.

        • United Airlines is adding three new flights from the UnitedStates to European markets that are beginning to reopen to vaccinated visitors, the carrier announced Monday.

        • India on Monday opened its Covid-19 vaccination drive to all adults from May 1, as the vast nation battles a massive spike in infections that has forced the capital into a week-long lockdown.

        • [block type="summary”]A petition to stop a festival in the Dutch city of Breda on 24 April, which was expecting 10,000 attendees as part of a pilot to see how events could take place safely in pandemic-times, has garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures.

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