Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Mask-clad men perform the Friday prayers at the Sayeda Fatima mosque in the Omani capital Muscat for the first time in eighteen months, after some restrictions that had been put in place by the authorities in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus were lifted
Mask-clad men perform the Friday prayers at the Sayeda Fatima mosque in the Omani capital Muscat for the first time in eighteen months, after some restrictions that had been put in place by the authorities in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus were lifted
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • On Friday, the government council announced free PCR tests for those who cannot be vaccinated.

And abroad

  • India will export eight million coronavirus vaccine jabs by the end of October after ending its ban on sending doses abroad, a top foreign ministry official said Saturday

  • President Jair Bolsonaro’s lawmaker son said Friday he had contracted the coronavirus -- the third member of Brazil’s delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York to test positive.

  • From Billie Eilish in New York to BTS in Seoul and Elton John in Paris, one of the biggest-ever international charity events kicked off on Saturday with concerts around the world to raise awareness on climate change, vaccine equality and famine.

  • Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Friday demanded “some kind of solution” to prevent another club-v-country row over Covid quarantine rules for World Cup qualifiers
  • Ireland on Saturday stopped its system of mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers arriving in the country, as coronavirus curbs continue to wind down in the Republic. For more on this and the latest Covid news, see our ticker.
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