Daily roundupThursday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 819 new coronavirus infections were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• On Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Health confirmed Paulette Lenert had tested positive for the virus.

• Hospitals in Luxembourg will return to ‘Phase 2' as pressure from Covid infections eases.

• Last week, 3,648 people got infected with Covid-19, a decrease of 38% compared to the previous seven days.

And abroad

• Royal officials in the UK confirmed that the Queen has cancelled two engagements after testing positive for the virus.

• The world’s largest brewer AB InBev has revealed that profits rose 50% last year, nearing pre-pandemic levels before Covid-19 forced shut pubs and bars worldwide.

• In Hong Kong, emergency powers have been invoked to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel to

  help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak.

• Elsewhere, Thai-language posts shared online with claims about the reliability of rapid Covid tests

  have been found to be false.

• In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revoked emergency powers used to dislodge trucker-led protests in Ottawa and blockades of border crossings to the United States, as he declared the crisis over.

• Hundreds of truckers and their supporters set off from southern California on a convoy headed across the United States towards the capital Washington to protest against pandemic restrictions.

• Social media posts claim that mask use impairs children’s speech development. But experts say that while more research is needed on the topic,

  preliminary data does not support this conclusion.

• Multiple social media posts shared in February 2022 claim the Australian government has only recorded 83 deaths from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.