Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 179 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the past 24 hours from 9,435 tests. There were no additional deaths.

• Horeca businesses to reopen and operate until 10pm, limit on visitors at home increased: new measures were announced in today’s press briefing, and we’ve got a detailed summary here.

• Dr Jean-Claude Schmit shared several remarks today about the eight-week interval between the AstraZeneca vaccine, the privileges vaccinated people could benefit from (and the precautions that come with such ideas), as well as the use of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson in general.

• The upper grades of secondary schools are expected to return to school in person after the Pentecost break, bringing homeschooling to an end for older kids.

And abroad

• India‘s foreign minister was forced to abandon face-to-face G7 meetings on the pandemic in London on Wednesday because he may have been exposed to Covid-19, as the crisis deepened back home with his nation’s daily death toll hitting a record at almost 3,800.

• [block type="summary”]... and gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country as it is, it will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday.

  • Serbia‘s president said on Wednesday his country would pay each citizen who gets a Covid jab before the end of May, in what could be the world’s first cash-for-jabs scheme.
  • Spectators were urged to stay away as a subdued Tokyo Olympics marathon rehearsal took place under strict anti-coronavirus conditions in Sapporo on Wednesday, as officials grapple with a rise in infections and public antipathy to the Games.
  • Lufthansa‘s shareholders approve a plan for the airline to raise 5.5 billion euros ($6.6 billion) on the markets in order to start paying down state aid that has kept it aloft during the pandemic.