Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Find all of today's most important developments both at home and abroad in one place.
Police throw a stinger grenade as demonstrators protest against Covid-19 regulations in Melbourne on September 21, 2021.
Police throw a stinger grenade as demonstrators protest against Covid-19 regulations in Melbourne on September 21, 2021.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 102 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

  • On Tuesday, the Luxembourgish State and Luxair agreed on a “temporary loan of manpower” to avoid redundancies.

  • The president of the National Ethics Commission, Julie-Suzanne Bausch, spoke to our colleagues at RTL Radio on Tuesday morning. Bausch was first asked about the moral aspects of not wanting to get vaccinated against Covid-19. She explained that this represents an immensely complex issue, as one has to consider both human rights and protection. She concluded that there is no right answer to the question.

  • Between early May and 15 September, the Large Scale Testing procedures helped conduct 24,652 serological tests to monitor immune levels here in the country.

And abroad

  • Despite a century of medical advances, more Americans have now died from Covid-19 than the number who succumbed to the 1918 flu pandemic, according to new data.

  • In Nicaragua, governed with an iron fist by Daniel Ortega, official coronavirus figures do not reflect the reality of a population scrambling to find oxygen tanks for stricken loved ones.

  • Construction sites across Melbourne were abruptly shuttered Tuesday after labourers rioted against new vaccination requirements in Australia’s second-largest city.

  • Vaccines were promoted as a silver bullet to end the pandemic, the path to finally beating Covid-19. But in Africa, they remain scarce, with access hampered by hoarding, export bans and empty promises.

  • The Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine is more effective when given as a two-dose regime, according to new data released by the company on Tuesday.

  • Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his government was against health passports but backed drives to vaccinate against Covid-19.

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