Evening roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Today's most important events in one place in our daily evening roundup.

Update: 19.11.2020 08:48

A demonstrator wears a toilet paper roll instead of a protective face mask during a protest against measures imposed by the German government to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 18, 2020 near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. German MPs are to pass new restrictions to keep the pandemic in check. Militant opponents of Germany’s measures to halt the spread of coronavirus were barred from marching outside parliament over fears of violence.

Starting with Luxembourg:

[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 891 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.
And abroad
- After struggling for months to get its spiralling Covid-19 death toll under control, Brazil is now threatened by the nightmare scenario that has already shaken the United States and Europe: a second wave.
- The US issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-administered rapid coronavirus test Tuesday, as more parts of the country increase restrictions in an attempt to halt a Covid-19 surge.
- [block type="summary”]Hailed this week as a pandemic game-changer, the new Covid-19 vaccine offered countries that had pre-ordered doses a potential escape from a cycle of lockdowns and new waves of sickness and death.