Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus inside a mobile vaccination van in New Delhi on June 26, 2021.
A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus inside a mobile vaccination van in New Delhi on June 26, 2021.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced an easing of restrictions for those entering Luxembourg from certain third countries.

  • Interviewed on RTL Radio today, Prime Minister Xavier bettel discussed the future of Luxembourg’s vaccination campaign, the Delta variant, mixing vaccines, and LGBTQ rights.

And abroad

  • A few smiles were visible in Madrid on Saturday but most kept their faces covered as Spaindropped its requirement for people to wear masks in the street.

  • New Zealand announced a three-day suspension of its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia on Saturday, with Wellington citing “multiple” outbreaks of Covid-19 in the neighbouring country.

  • Australia’s largest city Sydney entered a two-week lockdown Saturday to contain a sudden coronavirus surge and Russia’s Saint Petersburg announced a record death toll, as several European nations lifted restrictions despite the global spread of a highly contagious Covid-19 variant.

  • Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through central London on Saturday, with the prime minister’s Downing Street residence and parliament both pelted with tennis balls.

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