Daily roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1861862.htmlA crowd of people gathered near the Belgian border for the “convoi de la liberté” (“freedom convoy”) on Sunday morning.

• About 60 people gathered in the capital on Saturday to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus restrictions. The police report that the protest unfolded peacefully, however controversial chants were again heard directed towards the Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel.

And abroad

• Paris police said they arrested 97 people who defied a ban on a Canada-style protest convoy over coronavirus regulations to try block traffic in the capital, with 81 still in custody Sunday.

• For athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics, testing positive for Covid is one of their worst nightmares, and it can begin with a knock on the door in the middle of the night.

• Cyclone Dovi caused power outages, mudslides and evacuations across NewZealand on Sunday, but neither the storm nor the music of Barry Manilow and James Blunt could dislodge anti-vaccine protesters camped outside parliament.

• After a new record was reported in Russia yesterday with 203,000 infections, there are now 198,000 new cases added. On average, 691 people are currently every day, with 706 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
• Despite declaring a state of emergency in Canada, protesters continue their demonstrations against health restrictions and the vaccine.

• Cook Islands, a small South Pacific nation that has not experienced COVID-19 in its community, is readying for its first coronavirus infections on Sunday (February 13) after an infected traveller visited the country.

• Around three hundred vehicles taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations arrived in Lille, northern France, on Sunday en route to Brussels, where officials have already banned a demonstration called for Monday.