Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

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After a break for Christmas, we're back with a Boxing Day edition of our evening coronavirus roundup.
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Starting with Luxembourg:

  • [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 52 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

    And around the world:

    • The European Unionbegan a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that continues to spread from Britain.

    • China’s ruling Communist Party leaders have congratulated themselves on their “extremely extraordinary” success in handling the Covid-19 outbreak domestically, ahead of a World Health Organization probe into the disease’s origins.
    • [block type="summary”]France has confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain, its health ministry said, as Spain also reported its first case of the new strain.

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