Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Starting with Luxembourg

  • [block type="summary”]The Ministry of Health has reported 121 new cases of coronavirus in Luxembourg over the past 24 hours, with two further deaths.

    • The Consultative Human Rights Commission (CCDH) has presented its assessment of the new Covid-19 law, criticising the curfew and self-tests for restaurants.
    • Luxair posted a loss of €155 million in 2020 as a result of the pandemic.

    And abroad

    • The United States drug regulator authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12-15 as the country aims to speed up its Covid-19 recovery, but the huge outbreak in India persisted with known coronavirus deaths approaching 250,000 on Tuesday.

    • French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that France was “emerging on a long-term basis” from the Covid-19 crisis as he gave new details about shop and restaurant openings.

    • Hong Kong on Tuesday scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic workers after the proposal sparked an outcry and a diplomatic tussle.

    • The EU executive is suing British-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

    • A handful of US states announced they will end extra unemployment benefits provided by the federal government, which they say is hindering companies from hiring workers.

    • https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1720484.htmlTuesday’s Brit Awards is the biggest night in British pop music, and will welcome thousands of live guests for the first time in two years as part of the government’s pilot scheme easing coronavirus restrictions.

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