Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• As of Sunday, quarantine has been lifted for incoming travellers from the UK, although air passengers must show proof of vaccination, recovery or a valid negative test result prior to entering the country. Non-essential travel is still not permitted.

And abroad

• The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,220,816 people globally since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Sunday.

• Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with police.

• Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to contain the country’s most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months.

• Thailand has extended a night-time curfew and other virus restrictions to 16 more provinces beginning Tuesday as the kingdom’s Covid-19 death toll soared to a new record.

• Cambodia began a roll out of Covid-19 vaccinations for teenagers in its capital Phnom Penh and three provinces Sunday, with Premier Hun Sen’s grandchildren among the first to get the jab.

• Israeli pharmaceutical Oramed is attempting to create a Covid vaccine in pill format, and is poised to start its first clinical trial in early August.

• Millions of Americans could find themselves homeless starting Sunday as a nationwide ban on evictions expires, against a backdrop of surging coronavirus cases and political fingerpointing.

• A shortage of semiconductors caused by the pandemic has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from cars to headphones.

• The luxury sector has flashed back from the Covid-19 pandemic but the crisis is still putting a crimp in travel, a key part of the market.

• YouTube said Sunday it had barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content for one week, citing concerns about Covid-19 misinformation, after a a host claimed that lockdowns have failed and criticised state authorities for extending Sydney’s current stay-at-home orders.