Evening roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 531 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. 11,865 tests were conducted, and an additional three deaths were reported.

• [block type="summary”]Due to the pandemic and sanitary regulations, getting the kids their traditional Christmas satchels (Titchen) has proven rather difficult this year. The municipalities of Lamadelaine, Rodange and Pétange have therefore come up with a solution to give the youngsters some semblance of the traditional event: the “Drive In Kleeschen”.

  And around the world

  • The United States notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours for the third day running.
  • South Korea raised its coronavirus alert to the second-highest level in Seoul and surrounding areas Sunday as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak.
  • Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, after UK regulators granted emergency approval and the world’s first roll-out begins next week, reports late Saturday said.
  • Indonesia’s social affairs minister was arrested Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
  • At least six Covid-19 patients died after “criminal negligence” resulted in a delayed supply of oxygen to a hospital in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday, as the country battles a second wave of the epidemic.
  • The European Central Bank is set to unleash more stimulus for the eurozone at its last meeting of the year on Thursday, as the region’s battered economy grapples with a second coronavirus wave.