Daily roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 798 new coronavirus infections were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• Because the situation “allows for it”, the demonstration perimeter between Glacis and Place de l’Europe will be lifted.

• On Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Finance confirmed that after taking a PCR test, Yuriko Backes received a positive result.

• The director of the National Health Laboratory (LNS) on Tuesday expressed his belief that Luxembourg has coped well with the pandemic.

• Our colleagues from RTL spoke to the director of the Chamber of Commerce about current economic challenges for households and businesses.

• Lageviro, a new antiviral drug designed to treat coronavirus patients, has been approved for use in Luxembourg.

• Minister of Health Paulette Lenert and Minister for Mobility François Bausch stated Monday that no major infection clusters have been recorded on public transport since the beginning of the pandemic.

And abroad

• Queen Elizabeth II has cancelled her planned virtual engagements for Tuesday due to “mild” coronavirus symptoms, Buckingham Palace said.

• Hong Kong‘s population must undergo three rounds of compulsory coronavirus testing, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as she confirmed that mainland Chinese officials were now coordinating the response to the financial hub’s worst outbreak.

• Passenger traffic at Dubai international airport, the world’s busiest, will not recover to pre-Covid levels before 2024, its CEO told AFP on Tuesday.

• New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters pelted police with a “stinging substance” sending three to hospital with injuries Tuesday, as tensions spilled over in an angry weeks-long protest.

• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday defended his use of emergency powers to end weeks-long trucker-led protests and argued that lingering threats require the measures to remain in force for now.