Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg...

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 201 cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• The number of new coronavirus infections in Luxembourg started increasing five days after the National Day celebrations, with infection clusters having been detected in three nightclubs in the capital.

• While the number of weekly new infections was still on the decline around early June, figures have been steadily increasing again since the end of the month and particularly also since early July. In the week of 28 June to 4 July, the number of new infections in the Grand Duchy increased from 107 to 787 cases.

• In the last six months of the pandemic, the municipality of Luxembourg City has registered almost as many new dogs as it usually does during a whole year, but shelters are bracing themselves for a massive return of adopted pets.

• According to Luxembourgish virologist Claude Muller, we are gradually moving away from the situation where the coronavirus represented a public health risk.

...And abroad

• More than four million people have now died of Covid-19 infections, with many richer nations preparing to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.

• The Japanese government plans to impose a virus state of emergency in Tokyoduring the Olympics, meaning spectators could be barred from venues.

• Turkmenistan announced it was introducing mandatory vaccinations for all adults despite the Central Asian country claiming to have registered no coronavirus cases.

• Britain‘s government is facing growing criticism over how it awarded contracts for virus-related goods and services with its detractors alleging “chumocracy” in which politically connected companies received priority.