Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Find all of the day's most important Covid-19 news in one place.

Update: 19.05.2021 06:32

An employee cleans the tables on the outdoor terrasse of ‘Le Clemenceau’ restaurant in Bordeaux on May 18, 2021, ahead of the reopening of restaurant and cafe terrasses scheduled for May 19, 2021 after a closure aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Starting with Luxembourg

[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 49 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past 24 hours.
And abroad
- Japan’seconomy contracted 1.3 percent in the three months to March after the government reimposed coronavirus restrictions in major cities as infections surged, data showed Tuesday.
- Britishholidaymakers returned to the sun-soaked beaches of Portugal on Monday, as the country seeks to revive its battered tourism industry after lifting travel restrictions that had been imposed to curb Covid-19.
- [block type="summary”]Canada’s Medicago and British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced positive interim results for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate.