Daily roundupThursday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 200 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. Two further deaths were also recorded.

  • The Ministry of Health’s weekly overview of the Covid-19 situation noted a spike in cases among the young and the elderly.
  • Researchers measuring the prevalence of coronaviruses in Luxembourg’s wastewater have also recorded an increased concentration in the last week.
  • On Wednesday night, artists and audiences were finally able to meet again at the Rockhal concert hall in Esch-Belval, all under the supervision of the Ministry of Health.

  And abroad

  • The AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine can be used for people aged over 65, and also where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating, WHO experts said Wednesday, soothing fears about the jab.

  • Germany will ban travel from Czech border regions as well as Austria’s Tyrol over a troubling surge in infections of more contagious coronavirus variants, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Thursday.

  • [block type="summary”]The arthritis drug tocilizumab reduces the risk of critically ill patients dying of Covid-19, according to results of a study on Thursday which experts welcomed as an “exciting” development.