Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg...

• The biggest news of the day was certainly the announcement that cross-border workers could apply for a jab in the Duchy from Monday.

• In 2020, the Agricultural Fair (“Foire Agricole”) had to take place exclusively online due to the pandemic. This year, the event takes place in real life as well as digitally.

• The Covid-19 task force published a new report on Friday, indicating a potential rebound of the epidemic linked to the increase of social interactions in Luxembourg.

• Again, just a note to say that the daily figures are put on hold over the weekend. A full report will come on Monday

...And abroad

• Fact Check: Social media posts make a series of inaccurate claims linking childhood vaccination and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

• In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears Saturday that Iran will be hit by a new wave of Covid-19 due to an outbreak of the Delta variant in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country.

• Thousands of troops and police hit the streets of Indonesia’s Java island and Bali Saturday to enforce new virus curbs as the Southeast Asian nation battles an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 infections.

• Fijiian authorities have warned of a rising death toll from Covid-19 as an outbreak of the Delta variant threatened to overwhelm the South Pacific nation’s health system.

• Fact Check: A clip, doing the rounds on social media a pet chip reader -- used to identify lost animals -- is held over a woman’s right arm and finds nothing, but returns a result when held over her left, in which she said she received her shot.