Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 1,324 new coronavirus infections were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• While bars and restaurants are currently allowed to be open, some lack the resources to do so.

• Our colleagues from RTL spoke to the Minister of Internal Security Henri Kox about last weekend’s coronavirus protests in the capital.

• Since 15 January, people who cannot work from home have to be vaccinated, recovered, or tested to go to work. Pharmacies now play an important role when it comes to providing certified rapid tests.

• Just like with the first two doses, the Prime Minister also posted a picture of himself getting inoculated.

And Abroad

• Oil prices traded at the highest levels in more than seven years Tuesday, in part on hopes of a global economic recovery ramping up demand.

• The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization chief said Tuesday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free.

• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday “categorically” denied claims by his former chief aide that he lied to parliament about a Downing Street party held during a strict lockdown.

• France‘s education minister faced calls to resign Tuesday after it emerged he had announced a strict Covid testing protocol for students while on vacation on Ibiza.

• Hong Kong will cull hundreds of hamsters after some tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the city pushes to maintain its strict “zero-Covid” strategy.

• Britain‘s unemployment rate dropped and payrolls recovered further at the end of last year despite the onset of the Omicron variant, official data showed Tuesday.

• China‘s postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus outbreaks.

• Australian Open organisers said Tuesday they “deeply regret” the impact that the Novak Djokovic deportation saga had on other players and admitted there were “lessons to learn”.

• EU car sales fell to a new low last year as the auto sector was hobbled by the Covid pandemic and a shortage of computer chips, industry figures showed Tuesday.

• EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen will miss a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, including a speech by France’s President Emmanuel Macron, after a possible Covid exposure, she said Monday.
• Russia’s world number six Andrey Rublev brushed aside any concerns over a recent Covid-19 virus scare to power into the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

• US President Joe Biden came in facing extraordinary challenges: a nation divided after the Donald Trump years, the Covid pandemic, and an economy in tumult.

• Burnley’s match against relegation rivals Watford on Tuesday has been postponed after the Premier League accepted the Clarets’ request for a delay on the grounds they had fewer than the required number of players available.