Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 1,112 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• The Minister of Health has asked the Patient Advocacy Group to remove a form for vaccine side effects from its website, citing no legal basis for the database.

• The CMCM director-general said they were ‘unequivocally’ in favour of a universal vaccine mandate in Luxembourg.

• The pandemic has greatly advanced digitalisation in Luxembourg, said minister delegate Marc Hansen on Tuesday.

• Police carried out 40 checks in the hospitality sector and supermarkets last week, fining people for not following Covid rules.

And abroad

• Hong Kong on Tuesday imposed its strictest social distancing measures yet as it struggles to maintain a “zero-Covid” policy amid an Omicron-fuelled spike in cases.

• A convoy of trucks and campervans blocked streets near New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington Tuesday to protest against Covid restrictions and vaccinations, inspired by a similar demonstration in Canada.

• Speaking of which, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded an end Monday to a protest by hundreds of truckers against Covid-19 restrictions that has paralyzed the capital, as Ottawa’s mayor called on federal authorities for support.

• Anti-lockdown protesters mobbed British opposition leader Keir Starmer on Monday as he left the Houses of Parliament in London, with many shouting “traitor”, prompting police to step in to shield him.

• Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes.

• Pfizer forecast more than $50 billion in 2022 sales for its Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic on Tuesday as the giant pharma company reported a more than doubling of annual profits on strong vaccine sales.

• Unvaccinated Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer said she had “no problem” after competing at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday following three weeks of quarantine, and didn’t “care what people think” of her.