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.

Starting with Luxembourg

And abroad

  • Two years in, as the now Omicron-fuelled Covid crisis rages, there is still hope the pandemic could begin fading in 2022 -- though experts say gaping vaccine inequalities must be addressed.

  • An Israeli hospital is beginning a trial of its fourth vaccination against the Corona virus.

  • The locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an on Monday tightened Covid-19 controls to the “strictest” level, banning residents from driving cars around town in an effort to control the country’s worst outbreak in 21 months.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce new Covid measures on Monday as the country braces for a new surge in cases due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

  • Around 100 British vacationers have been refused entry to the Austrian ski region of Tyrol because of new Corona rules on entries from virus-variant areas.

  • Holiday travel headaches and safety worries swelled Monday with thousands of flights cancelled and Omicron cases soaring, as people wrap up Christmas celebrations bruised by a resurgent Covid-19 pandemic.

  • American double Olympic alpine ski gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin has tested positive for Covid-19, she announced on social media on Monday.

  • The Premier League has revealed a record 103 players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus in the period from December 20 to 26.

  • In the fight against the corona pandemic, Russian doctors are to receive a bonus again next year. This was ordered by Head of State Vladimir Putin on Monday, as announced by the Kremlin.

  • In Panama City, Panama, the Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.

  • On Sunday afternoon, more than 10,000 people, according to our estimate, gathered in Brussels to say no to the closure of cultural and leisure facilities.

  • A cruise ship scheduled to stop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico was forced to return to San Diego after being turned away by Mexican authorities due to positive employee COVID-19 tests.

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