Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Find all of today's most important Covid developments both at home and abroad in one place.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • The coronavirus pandemic is once again moving towards a period of exponential growth, and not just abroad, but also in Luxembourg. This is the conclusion reached by the researchers of the Covid-19 Task Force in their latest report, which was published on Friday.

  • A new vaccination centre has opened in Luxembourg City: between 11am and 6pm, people can get their Covid-19 jab at 70 Grande Rue in Luxembourg City.

And abroad

  • Tens of thousands took to the streets in Austria and Australia Saturday as anger mounted over fresh Covid restrictions imposed against a resurgent pandemic, sparking overnight riots in a Dutch city and a French island.

  • The German states of Bavaria and Saxony on Friday cancelled all their Christmas markets and unveiled drastic curbs on public life as the country scrambles to contain soaring coronavirus infections.

  • Dutchpolice fired warning shots, as well as direct shots in self-defence, after rioters against a partial Covid lockdown torched a police car and hurled stones in Rotterdam on Friday.

  • All players at the AustralianOpenmust be vaccinated, tournament chief Craig Tiley confirmed Saturday, piling more pressure on world number one Novak Djokovic, who has refused to reveal if he has been inoculated.

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