Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 232 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past 24 hours.

  • According to new research on the large-scale testing campaign, every Luxembourg resident was tested 3.6 times on average, with an overall low positivity rate of 2.6%.
  • 16,000 invites have now been sent out to people who volunteered for the AstraZeneca vaccine via impfen.lu.
  • Serge Wilmes of Luxembourg City’s municipal council applauded the decision to reopen terraces, saying it has revitalised the capital.

  And abroad

  • India’s coronavirus death toll shot past 200,000 Wednesday as a relentless wave of new cases swamped hospitals and sent desperate families out into the streets of the capital in search of oxygen supplies and medicine.

  • The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a variant of Covid-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in over a dozen countries.
  • The European Union and AstraZeneca will begin their oral arguments on May 26 in the bloc’s legal action against the pharmaceutical giant over coronavirus vaccine shortfalls, a Belgian court said Wednesday.
  • Germany’s domestic intelligence agency will start monitoring leading figures in the protest movement against Covid restrictions, the interior ministry said Wednesday, over concerns they pose a threat to democracy and have ties to right-wing extremism.
  • A private school in Florida is barring teachers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 from coming into contact with students, arguing against all evidence that the educators pose a health risk.
  • Full stadiums will be “very difficult” at the Tokyo Olympics, the head of the Games warned Wednesday, as organisers pushed back a decision on how many domestic fans can attend until June.
  • Burning Man, the annual countercultural festival in the southwestern United States, has been cancelled for a second year running due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with plans to return in 2022.
  • Six people out of 5,000 who attended an indoor trial concert last month in Barcelona reported testing positive for Covid-19 afterwards, organisers said on Tuesday, giving hope for the revival of the live music industry.