Daily roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

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Find all of the day's most important Covid-19 updates in our daily roundup.

Update: 26.01.2021 06:59

A health worker informs people who arrive to receive the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Belgrade Fair turned into a vaccination centre, on January 25, 2021. Serbia launched a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign and became the first European country to use Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine, after receiving one million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, on January 16, 2021.

Starting with Luxembourg

[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 29 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.
- [block type="summary”]The Horesca president told RTL Radio that the hospitality sector was being ‘held hostage’ due to fears that reopening would lead Luxembourg’s neighbours to close their borders.
  - [block type="summary”]Luxembourg medical organisations called for the government to prioritise vaccinations for dialysis and kidney transplant patients.
    And around the world
    - As global borders tightened, US biotech firm Moderna announced that lab studies showed its Covid vaccine is effective against the UK and South Africa variants.
    - US President Joe Biden will re-impose a strict Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been to the UK and Ireland, Brazil, or most of continental Europe.
    - [block type="summary”]While Sweden will bar entry from its neighbour Norway for three weeks, following an outbreak of the UK variant in Norway’s capital Oslo.