Daily roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• Impairment of physical abilities, mental disorders, loss of taste and smell… The spa resort of Mondorf-les-Bains treats patients suffering from Long Covid.

And abroad

• Olympic road race champion Richard Carapaz did not start the stage two of the Tour of Provenceafter testing positive for Covid-19, his team Ineos said Saturday.

• As lovers in Thailand prepare to shower each other with tokens of affection this Valentine’s Day, health authorities are urging couples to practise safe pandemic sex -- including wearing masks during intercourse.

• Police in Canada were positioning Saturday to clear a key bridge on the US border, snarled for days by truckers protesting against vaccination rules, an AFP journalist observed.

• China on Saturday said it had given “conditional” approval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to treat adults with mild to moderate illness and a high risk of developing severe disease.

• Norway on Saturday lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections.

• Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir has tested positive for Covid-19 after contracting the virus from a family member, she announced on Facebook on Saturday.

• A convoy of vehicles from across the Netherlands brought The Hague’s city centre to a standstill on Saturday, protesting against coronavirus restrictions.

• The UK’s finance ministry is considering an end to most free Covid testing, in a move to save billions of pounds as the British government considers its plan for “living with the virus”.

• Experimentation, play, and glitter: a coronavirus-impacted New York Fashion Week got under way Friday with Fall/Winter 2022 shows by Proenza Schouler and Christian Cowan.

• Thousands of opponents of Covid rules were encamped on the outskirts of Paris early Saturday after driving in convoys from across France,

  intent on entering the city in defiance of a ban by authorities who are determined to prevent any blockade of the capital.

• Despite strict precautions, the number of Corona infections with the Omicron variant is skyrocketing in Hong Kong. Health authorities reported an all-time high of 1514 new infections.