Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The Ministry of Health recorded 76 new infections over the past 24 hours

• In its latest weekly review, the Ministry of Health confirmed that the virus is most prevalent in southern Luxembourg.

• At least one of the Covid-19 measures introduced in secondary schools appears to be here to stay: the organisation of the school year in semesters.

• Prison visits, including those without supervision, were severely limited or even cancelled due to the pandemic. This has a huge impact on the mental health of prisoners, their families and friends, says the asbl “eran, eraus... an elo”, which advocates for the rights of prisoners.

• Since Monday, people have been able to get vaccinated without an appointment at Hall Victor Hugo on Limpertsberg. An offer that many people have taken up, as over 500 jabs have been administered.

And abroad

• New Zealanders must brace for additional Covid-19 cases from an outbreak that has plunged the previously virus-free country into a snap lockdown, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned Wednesday after six more positive tests.

• People refusing to get Covid vaccines in France are coughing up hundreds of euros for fake health passes in an online black market that has flourished since the government required them to enter cafes, inter-city trains and other public places.

• Having no fans at the Tokyo Paralympics will be “a challenge”, IPC chief Andrew Parsons said Wednesday, but he is confident the event will reach “more people than ever before”.

• The Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled for a second year over virus “complexities”, Formula 1 said Wednesday.

• Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday submitted preliminary clinical data to US health authorities as part of their effort to seek authorisation for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine for all Americans.

• Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it would make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for staff, as the company bids to get planes back into the skies.

• Twitter on Tuesday announced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could contain misinformation, a scourge that has only grown during the pandemic.