Daily roundupThursday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 61 new cases of coronavirus were discovered in the last 24 hours.

• [block type="summary”]In the latest weekly report, authorities reported that last week, 354 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded, a drop of 28.5% compared to the previous week.

  • The Confederation of Public Servants (CGFP) issued a statement on Thursday requesting priority vaccination for essential roles in the civil service.
  • Seventeen thousand Covid-19 checks took place last year, observing whether the general public were respecting the sanitary measures in place, as well as checking whether shops and restaurants were following rules.

  And abroad

  • [block type="summary”]More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday. However, inequality persists: the world’s poorest countries have given only 0.3 percent of the jabs while the richest got four out of 10 shots.

    • Both Italy and France announced vaccine extensions Thursday, with Italy opening vaccines for everyone over 12 and France widening its vaccine drive to 12-18 year olds from 15 June.
    • Last but not least, more unwelcome news for Japan’s troubled Olympics plans. Around 10,000 of 80,000 planned Tokyo 2020 Olympic volunteers have quit, organisers have revealed as they battle persistent doubts over the Games with just 50 days until the opening ceremony.