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 67 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past 24 hours.

  • Den Atelier and the Coque have partnered to put together a series of open-air concerts in September. The open-air concerts will be staged in new, urban Kirchberg surroundings at the Amphitheatre Park, with up to 300 guests permitted per event.

  And abroad

  • Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations’ “monopoly control” on vaccine technology.
  • All adults in France will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations starting May 31, two weeks earlier than initially planned, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday.
  • Singapore used a misinformation law Thursday to order Facebook and Twitter to warn users about what it said were false claims about a dangerous coronavirus strain emerging in the city.
  • Denmark, the first European country to discontinue the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines, on Thursday made both shots available to volunteers, health authorities announced.
  • Olympic chief Thomas Bach will visit Japan by mid-July, the IOC has announced, after he was forced to cancel a planned trip this month over virus restrictions.
  • Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization‘s Europe director warned on Thursday, but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern.
  • Police stepped up a manhunt Wednesday for a Belgian soldier with suspected extreme-right views and access to rocket launchers who went missing after threatening public figures -- including a renowned coronavirus expert.
  • Austria has reopened. After half a year of lockdown, most industries were allowed to reopen today. For example, you can now go back to the pub - as long as you have been tested, vaccinated or have recovered.