Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• No local Covid news today. As a reminder, the Ministry of Health has ceased publishing covid-19 updates over the weekend, and tomorrow’s update will contain data from Friday, Saturday, and today.

And abroad

• The UnitedStatesreopens its land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties.

• Airline reservations to the UnitedStates took off immediately after the White House announced the country would reopen to all vaccinated international voyagers starting next week, compelling a welcome -- if challenging -- industry pivot.

• From White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and American comedian Chris Rock testing positive to former secretary of state Colin Powell dying of Covid-19 complications, prominent cases have triggered a deluge of inaccurate information online.

• A US federal appeals court Saturday halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden’s administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 shots.

• From mental health apps to a helmet that can shock a patient’s brain remotely, startups at this year’s Web Summit are betting on a major shift towards “tele-medicine” as the world emerges from the pandemic.

• Russia today reported some 39,165 new confirmed coronavirus cases, and 1,178 deaths, which is a slight decline from yesterday’s record number of 41,335 confirmed infections.
• On Saturday, neighbouring Germany reported 34,002 new confirmed cases and 142 deaths. Today’s number stands at 23,543 new cases and 3 deaths, with the 7-day incidence rate standing at 191.5.