Evening roundupAll of Saturday's key coronavirus developments

In Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The Ministry of Health‘s latest update brought Luxembourg’s total to 3,812 confirmed infections, while deaths remained at 92. 2,565 tests were done in the past 24 hours alone.

  • The Chamber of Tradesmade a proposal for artisanal businesses to open on 11 May.
  • Former sports commissioner Guy Fusenig argued that politicians, scientists and athletes must come together to create a cohesive exit strategy for sport.
  • In the absence of traditional “spring cleaning” events organised by many municipalities, members of the downhill mountain-biking club from Reckange-sur-Mess decided to voluntarily collect rubbish.
  • Dr Claudine Als argued that the time has come for Luxembourg to reconsider globalisation, put our dependence on China in a new perspective, and focus on the European economic zone.

  In international news

  • Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro sparked fury after responding to a journalist’s question about the country’s 5,000 deaths from coronavirus with: ‘So what?’

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Symonds named their newborn son after the doctors who helped Johnson recover from coronavirus.

  • Spain has relaxed some of its lockdown rules after 48 days.

  • The German state of Saarland will allow all shops to reopen from Monday.

  • The IMF approved an emergency loan for virus-hit Ecuador.

  • The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19.
  • Italy is coming up with creative solutions to allow children to play outside after months in lockdown.