Daily roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 347 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.

• The Superior Council for Infectious Diseases has issued an official recommendation for booster jabs to be administered to over-65s and healthcare workers.

• Police carried out a number of checks over the last week to verify that CovidCheck measures were implemented, detecting three violations.
• Minister of Health Paulette Lenert, Dr Jean-Claude Schmit, and Dr Thérèse Staub held a press briefing this afternoon on Covid-19 and vaccination - read our live coverage here.

And abroad

• The EU’s drug watchdog said on Wednesday it expects to decide within two months whether to approve Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children aged six to 11.

• German health authorities on Wednesday advised against the use of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for people under 30 due to evidence of a small risk of cardiac inflammation.

• People over 65 in France will need to show proof of a Covid-19 booster jab to be able to visit restaurants, attend cultural events and take intercity trains, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

• Greece is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Tuesday as daily infections hit their highest since the pandemic began, with hospitals starting to buckle under the pressure of rising infections.