Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• From 3 January, the Limpertsberg vaccination centre is to be relocated to Luxexpo in Kirchberg.

• RTL Today conducted an informal poll to see how our readers feel about the new year. The results are mixed, with only a third feeling optimistic.

• Just like last year, people had to show some creativity to commemorate the beginning of the new year in style. Bars, restaurants, and clubs were forced to close their doors at 11pm, making it rather difficult to celebrate a midnight countdown into the new year.

And abroad

• France announced an easing of Covid restrictions from Monday and Britain’s health minister said curbs were an “absolute last resort”, as governments face tough choices between controlling the virus and keeping economies open.

• Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced. Brazilian great Ronaldo also tested positive for the virus.

• New Covid-19 cases in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an fell to their lowest in a week, health officials said, as residents face their eleventh day under strict home confinement.

• The United States is experiencing “almost a vertical increase” in Covid cases as the Omicron variant sweeps the country, but the peak may be only weeks away, top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said.

• In other US news, air travel continued to be severely disrupted over the weekend, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant.