Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 136 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, while three more people died, bringing the death toll to 530.
  

• Following the EU Commission’s approval of the Moderna vaccine, Luxembourg will receive its first 1,200 doses on Monday.

• The 31 deputies from the government coalition voted in favour of the new Covid law, while all 29 deputies from the opposition parties voted against it.

• Around 200 people protested against the government’s coronavirus measures in Luxembourg City on Saturday afternoon.

• The Horesca sector has called for more financial aid.

• A maximum of 10 people, including staff, are currently allowed inside a fitness centre, no matter its total surface area. These measures are too strict for a number of centres.

• A lockdown party held in a cottage in Tintigny, Belgium on Friday night resulted in 61 fines for Luxembourgish and French partygoers.

And around the world

• The United Stateslogged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration’s vaccine roll-out as a “travesty” and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

• France is to extend its Covid-19 curfew to a further eight departments, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Saturday, citing a “tough and necessary” response as some opposed the restrictions in several cities.

• The manufacturers of two Covid-19 vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac and Oxford-AstraZenecafiled the first applications Friday for regulatory approval in hard-hit Brazil, officials said.

• Hundreds of medical students have volunteered to help out in Czech hospitals packed with Covid-19 patients where staff are struggling with one of the highest infection rates in the world.

• More than three quarters of people hospitalised with Covid-19 still suffered from at least one symptom after six months, according to a study published Saturday that scientists said shows the need for further investigation into lingering coronavirus effects.

• India will launch one of the world’s most ambitious coronavirus vaccination drives next Saturday, aiming to reach 300 million people by July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced.

• Pope Francis and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Saturday became the latest high-profile figures to join the global vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, as the UK reported it had surpassed more than 3 million cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago.