Daily roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Find all of today's most important Covid developments both at home and abroad in one place.

Update: 18.10.2021 19:11

A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a street map in central Moscow, on October 18, 2021, amid the outbreak of Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia on Sunday reported a new record for coronavirus infections for a fourth day in a row, a day after the worst-affected country in Europe set a new death toll high. There were 34,303 new infections and 997 deaths registered in the country over 24 hours, according to the official toll.

Starting with Luxembourg

The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 262 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 72 hours.
The new Covid law was passed by the government with a small majority on Monday morning. The law will enter into force at midnight on Tuesday and remain in place until 18 December.
This despite the fact that, on Sunday, Luxembourg’s three major unions issued a joint press release to offering an “ultimatum” to the government.
The Superior Council for Infectious Diseases has issued a new recommendation, after which Janssen vaccine recipients are to receive an mRNA booster shot at least four weeks after the initial jab.
Luxembourg has a stock of 180,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Around 90% of teachers and 55% of pupils over 12 are currently vaccinated. A new campaign seeks to increase these rates.

And abroad

ColinPowell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state but saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died on Monday of Covid-19 complications. He was 84.
Fully vaccinated travellers from eight countries will be able to enter Singapore without quarantine from Tuesday, as the business hub eases restrictions and gears up to live with the coronavirus.
Another 45,140 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19 as the country recorded more than 40,000 COVID cases on the fifth consecutive day, according to official figures released Sunday.
The EuropeanUnion’s medicines regulator said on Monday (October 18) it has started evaluating the use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in children between the ages of five and 11.
SouthAfrica’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men.
Police in Italy used water cannon and tear gas against protesters at the northeastern port of Trieste on Monday following a three-day demonstration against a new mandatory workplace Covid pass.