Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 122 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

  • This week, the health ministry and the organisation Alan launched the campaign “Light It Up” to highlight the predicament of of people with rare diseases affected by the pandemic, ahead of Rare Disease Day.

  And abroad

  • [block type="summary”] A digital vaccine passport could be introduced in the EU by the summer, following a digital summit at the European Parliament.

    • Germany on Sunday classed France’s Covid-battered Moselle region as a virus variant area, triggering tougher entry requirements at the border between the two neighbours.
    • Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina on Saturday to protest the “VIP vaccinations” scandal that forced the health minister to resign.
    • The Covid-battered United States authorized Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for emergency use Saturday, offering a glimmer of hope as Britain said farewell to fundraising war veteran Captain Tom Moore who died of the virus earlier this month.
    • With thousands of employees now capable of working remotely, Greece sees an opportunity to bring back some of the minds the country lost during the past decade.