Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• Bad weather, floods, and Covid restrictions have certainly spoiled the summer of 2021. Our colleagues from RTL spoke to a number of people from the tourism sector about the challenges they faced over the past weeks.

• First Covid restrictions, then horrible weather conditions: public pools in Luxembourg have struggled to draw visitors this summer.

And abroad

• New Zealand conceded its ambitious “Covid zero” elimination strategy may no longer be viable Sunday, as an outbreak of the virulent Delta variant continued to spread.

• Few tourists are gazing at the Mona Lisa or wandering the streets of Paris this summer, dashing hopes that the top tourist destination would see brighter days after last year’s pandemic-linked desertion.

• Israel on Sunday launched antibody testing for children aged as young as three, seeking information on the number of unvaccinated youths who have developed protection against coronavirus ahead of the new school year.

• Tokyo Paralympics organisers said Sunday they were tightening virus rules, including upping testing and further limiting movement, as Japan battles a record wave of infections days before the opening ceremony.

• Veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline were hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19, despite having been vaccinated, representatives said Saturday.