Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 667 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. 11,151 tests were conducted, and an additional five deaths were reported.

• The opposition party deputies were generally happy to get information regarding the government’s vaccine strategy, but they still voiced concerns over unanswered questions.

• The government’s restrictions have not discouraged everyone from gathering. Some people have continued to drink and disregard the new regulations, without cleaning up after themselves - that’s what these photos are showing.

• “It’s unusual to have so many deaths in such a short period of time": Our colleagues at RTL 5minutes went to CHL to better understand the work of care workers responding to the epidemic.

• The Green Party’s Minister for Housing and of Internal Security, Henri Kox, has decided to preemptively quarantine himself, after a close associate of his has been tested positive for the coronavirus.

And around the world

• The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines will be no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis as nations gear up for a massive rollout to tackle surging infections.

• Moscow on Saturday began vaccinating workers at high risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus at newly opened clinics across the city.

• Argentina‘s Senate passed a tax on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people on Friday, to pay for coronavirus measures including medical supplies and relief for the poor and small businesses.

• Kyrgyzstan on Saturday announced that citizens of all countries would be allowed to enter the Central Asian country, lifting border restrictions it had instituted at the start of the pandemic in the spring.

• Premier League chiefs have warned fans to avoid “excessive singing” and hugging as supporters return to English top-flight matches for the first time since March on Saturday.

• Rio de Janeiro‘s shopping malls will stay open 24 hours a day through Christmas, authorities announced Friday, hoping to avoid overcrowding amidst a second wave of coronavirus.

• Hospitals in Kinshasa are struggling to treat rising coronavirus cases because of a lack of oxygen supplies, health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday.

• For the second day in a row, the United States on Friday notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, reaching 225,201 new infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.