Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 35 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• A new vaccination QR code will be introduced in Luxembourg next week.

• MPs on the Health Commission expressed their uncertainties surrounding the new ‘Covid Check’.

• COPAS, the umbrella organisation of care providers in Luxembourg, stated that it does not agree with the current text of the new Covid-19 law, which has to be passed by MPs until Saturday at the latest.

• Luxembourg’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) estimates that economic activity is returning but that doubts still remain about the stability of this recovery.

• The director of the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF) talked to our colleagues from RTL about the repercussions of the pandemic on the banking sector.

• The Luxembourg student fair will be taking place online again.

And abroad

• Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a third wave of Covid-19, fueled by vaccination delays and a lack of containment measures.

• Haiti on Monday postponed a constitutional referendum scheduled for June 27 citing the coronavirus pandemic, but did not give a new date for the vote in the latest twist in its political crisis.

• An atmospheric research station in Hawaii recorded its highest concentrations of carbon dioxide since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, a government agency said Monday, adding that the coronavirus pandemic had barely impacted rising levels of the greenhouse gas.

• China has approved the emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine for those as young as three, the drugmaker confirmed Tuesday, making it the first country to offer jabs to young children.

• Vietnam, once a model for its successful handling of the pandemic, has started asking for public donations to buy vaccines as it struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave.

• Fueled by widespread Covid-19 vaccinations in advanced nations, the world economic recovery has picked up speed, but the upbeat outlook obscures a worrying picture in poor nations, the World Bank said Tuesday.

• More than one million Europeans have received the new EU Covid health certificate being rolled out to unlock travel within the bloc, the European Commission said.