Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 207 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday from 11,988 tests. No further deaths were reported.

• Jean-Claude Juncker gave the Bettel government a “good grade” for their coronavirus measures and handling of the pandemic.

• [block type="summary”]Delays caused by the health crisis and strong global growth could push prices in the construction industry up by 40%.

  And around the world

  • The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaign.
  • New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with more than 200,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds.
  • Hundreds waited in grim silence at a Bangkok stadium to get free Covid-19 tests Saturday as a spiraling infection rate gripped Thailand, on a fourth consecutive day of more than 1,000 new cases.
  • The vertiginous rise in deaths in Sao Paulo in recent months has forced the mayor of the country’s richest and most populous city to adapt funeral planning to avoid being overwhelmed.
  • Libya on Saturday launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign for the general population in Tripoli, with the elderly and healthcare workers given priority in the conflict-hit North African nation.

  • Qatar is in talks with coronavirus vaccine makers to ensure all fans attending the 2022 World Cup in the country have been vaccinated, the foreign minister said Friday.