Daily roundupThursday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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The most important developments both at home and abroad.
People queue up to register themselves and get inoculated with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a temporary vaccination centre in Thimpu on July 20, 2021.
People queue up to register themselves and get inoculated with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a temporary vaccination centre in Thimpu on July 20, 2021.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 70 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

  • The Ministry of Health announced today that the Large-Scale Testing centre in Howald will no longer use throat swabs, but is switching to taking saliva samples.
  • Our colleagues from RTL talked to Dr Alexander Skupin from the Covid-19 Taskforce about the recent infection trends. At the moment, the reproduction rate is set at 0.87%.

  • A total of 566 tested positive for Covid-19 last week, out of which 461 had not been vaccinated. The remaining 18.6% were fully vaccinated.

  • And finally, our RTL Radio colleagues looked into travel restrictions for some popular destinations. Find that here.

And abroad

  • Google and Facebook on Wednesday said workers returning to offices will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19, in the latest move by firms and US government agencies.

  • France will from August 9 enforce new legislation that will make a health pass compulsory to visit a cafe, board a plane or travel on an inter-city train, the government’s spokesman said Wednesday.

  • Cambodia imposed fresh coronavirus restrictions Thursday for eight provinces bordering Thailand, clamping down on the movement of millions of residents to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

  • Police in Australia’s largest city have requested military help to enforce a coronavirus lockdown as infections in Sydney reached a new record Thursday.

  • China Thursday reported small coronavirus outbreaks driven by the Delta variant in three provinces as a cluster linked to an eastern airport spreads despite mass testing and a vaccination drive.

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