Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

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Representatives from the travel industry demonstrate during a 'Travel Day of Action' outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 23, 2021, calling on the UK Government to support a safe return of international travel in time for the peak summer period.
Representatives from the travel industry demonstrate during a ‘Travel Day of Action’ outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 23, 2021, calling on the UK Government to support a safe return of international travel in time for the peak summer period.
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Starting with Luxembourg

  • Since 12 June, 18,400 people have signed up for the Johnson&Johnson vaccine and 5,000 for the AstraZeneca vaccine. 40% of Luxembourg’s adult population is now fully vaccinated.

And abroad

  • The highly contagious Delta variant could soon account for 90 percent of new coronavirus cases in the EU, the bloc’s disease control agency said Wednesday, urging members to spur vaccination drives.

  • Warning the continent faces slower growth, rising debt levels and a shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday appealed for more aid to Africancountries to help them bounce back from the pandemic.

  • MorganStanley will require employees, visitors and clients to be vaccinated to enter its buildings in the New York metropolitan area, a source told AFP Wednesday.

  • Business activity in the eurozone jumped at its fastest rate in 15 years this month, a closely watched survey said on Wednesday, as a reopened economy unleashed pent-up demand in Europe.

  • No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: TokyoOlympic organisers unveiled tough new rules for spectators at the pandemic Games on Wednesday, as they marked one month until the opening ceremony.

  • The Red Cross called for faster vaccine rollouts in vulnerable Pacificislandnations Wednesday as a record Covid-19 surge threatens to overload Fiji’s health system.

  • US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America’s airports from cavernous to crowded almost overnight.

  • Sydneysiders were largely banned from leaving the city Wednesday as Australian authorities rushed to stop a growing outbreak of the highly contagious Delta Covid-19 variant from spreading to other regions.

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