Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Starting with Luxembourg

  • The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 19 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

  • Why is it that the free Covid tests for the Large Scale Testing will only be done by one lab? This is the question raised by the director of Bionext.

And abroad

  • EuropeanUnion member states have agreed to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on travellers from eight countries and territories including the United States, officials and diplomats said Wednesday.

  • Thailand plans to fully reopen to foreign visitors in four months, Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha vowed on Wednesday, citing the urgent need to save the kingdom’s ailing tourism industry.

  • US scientists said Wednesday they had developed a sticky wall coating that repurposes ingredients used in hair conditioners to trap aerosolized droplets, and hope it will become another tool in the fight against Covid and other airborne diseases.

  • European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visits Lisbon and Madrid Wednesday where she will begin approving recovery plans submitted by nations seeking funding from the bloc’s coronavirus recovery fund.

  • Trade unions warn about a “social tsunami”, left-wing parties of a “massacre for employment” -- the imminent end of Italy’s coronavirus freeze on layoffs is causing tensions in Mario Draghi’s national unity government.

  • Several Republican lawmakers, eager to blame a US government official for the response to the coronavirus pandemic, introduced a bill Tuesday to fire Anthony Fauci, the face of American efforts to combat Covid-19.

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