Sunday roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 123 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

  And around the world
  

  • [block type="summary”]Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, began its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign Sunday, as several large nations struggled with their inoculation rollouts and France imposed new border controls.

    • Thousands of people in Brazil protested on Saturday against President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, on the anniversary of the Chinese city of Wuhan beginning its 76-day lockdown.
    • New Zealand health officials on Sunday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in the community for more than two months, sparking urgent contract-tracing efforts north of Auckland.
    • New border controls went into force in France on Sunday as part of a massive effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 and avoid another nationwide lockdown. Asked on the possibility of another lockdown, the government spokesperson said that no decision had been taken yet, but the next few days will be “decisive”.
    • India’s huge coronavirus vaccination drive is behind schedule, with a third of recipients not showing up for appointments because of safety fears, technical glitches and a belief that the pandemic is ending.
    • Germany will become the first European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald Trump recover from Covid-19, health minister Jens Spahn said Sunday.
    • A Czech team of dog trainers are training their charges to detect the virus, reporting a 95-percent success rate in Covid-19 detection in samples of human scent.