Daily roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 871 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 72 hours.

• Paulette Lenert confirms first Omicron case in Luxembourg and provided further details on the vaccine campaign aimed at children aged 5-11.

• On Monday morning, Minister of Health Paulette Lenert, Dr Tom Dentzer, and Dr Jean Reuter spoke to our colleagues on RTL Radio about Covid vaccines and booster jabs.

• Julie-Suzanne Bausch believes it is understandable that after two years of living under the pandemic, people are increasingly polarised in their opinions and the sources of information they consult.

• Peter Freitag, a prominent critic of government-imposed coronavirus measures, had to appear in court on Monday morning.

• Xavier Bettel took to twitter this morning to confirm that 5,840 people had their first vaccination last week. This is the highest number of first vaccinations since mid-July.

And abroad

• China has reported its first case of the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, state media said Monday.

• Australia’s most isolated state will fully reopen its borders on 5 February after almost two years sealed off from Covid and the world.

• Thailand will halve to three months the time between administering a second Covid-19 vaccine shot and a booster, health officials have said, to try to strengthen immunity in anticipation of a local spread of the Omicron variant.

• Authorities in the South Korean city of Bucheon will track people who have tested positive for Covid-19 with CCTV, facial recognition and artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. The system checks whether people have been in contact with others, or whether they were wearing a face mask.

• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said at least one person infected with Omicron had died, as the country began an ambitious booster programme against the variant.

• Norway is expected to announce stricter measures to curb Covid infections, which have been on the rise in recent weeks.

• Pakistan confirmed its first case of Omicron, the National Institute of Health (NIH) communicated Monday.

• A 31-year-old from Nuremberg is said to have forged several hundred vaccination passports and stamped alleged corona vaccinations.

• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and was receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement.

• Danish health authorities said Monday a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would be offered sooner to everyone over 40 to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.

• According to state television Hungary has detected its first two cases of Omicron.

• On Monday, Spain received the first shipment of Pfizer doses for the youngest children, aged 5 to 11 years. A total of one million two hundred thousand units will begin to be inoculated this Wednesday.