Evening roundupAll of Sunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and the world

In Luxembourg

• Luxembourg has recorded another 9 cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 3,886. The death toll remains at 101. For graphs and further details, look here.

May 11 will mark a turning point in Luxembourg’s deconfinement process. Here’s what you need to know:

• Many measures have already been announced by the government, starting with the full reopening of businesses. However, cinemas, sports halls and restaurants will remain closed.

• Cultural places such as museums, exhibition centres, archives and libraries will reopen on Monday, but all of this will take place within a strict social framework of reduced public, an online reservation system, and limited access to common rooms.

• As announced by the Prime Minister on Wednesday, gatherings of up to 20 people will be authorised again. With regards to events at home, a maximum of six guests plus the people living in the house are permitted.

• 32 sport practices are possible once more, including golf, tennis and football. These sports will have to be practised “without any physical contact, in the absence of any activity of a competitive nature, and without the public.”

• Twelve mask distribution sites for cross-border workers will open on Monday in the Grand Duchy. All cross-border workers will receive a free batch of 50 disposable masks upon presentation of a letter sent to them by post.

• Schools resume their classes on Monday 11 May, one week after the first and final students. Pupils returning to school will be separated, circulation will be controlled, and masks are obligatory if the two metre distance cannot be kept.

In international news

• More than 280,000 people have now died from the new coronavirus, most of whom were in the United States, with 78,862. It is followed by Britain (31,855), Italy (30,560), Spain (26,621) and France (26,380).

• The number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus in Russia has exceeded 200,000, data posted on an official website set up by health authorities showed on Sunday. The official number of people dying of coronavirus-related complications has been comparatively low in Russia at 1,915, though an opposition-allied doctors union has accused authorities of underreporting deaths of medics.

• Germany‘s coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again. The Robert Koch Institute for public health said Germany’s closely watched reproduction rate (R0) had climbed to 1.1, meaning 10 people with COVID-19 infect on average 11 others. As recently as Wednesday, Germany’s number stood at 0.65. But it would be too soon to draw conclusions, the RKI said.

• Women in the Canadian province of Quebec have been harder hit by the coronavirus than men, according to Canadian health services. The institute offered no explanation for why women were more affected than men, but a large majority of nurses and caregivers of the elderly are women.

• China on Sunday reported the first case of coronavirus in over a month in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak first started in December last year.

• Gulf aviation giant Emirates said Sunday it would take at least 18 months for travel demand to return to “a semblance of normality”, despite reporting bumper pre-pandemic profits.

• South Korea‘s capital ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave, and President Moon Jae-in urged the public to remain vigilant.

• A navy ship carrying almost 700 evacuees from the Maldives arrived in India as part of a massive effort to bring home hundreds of thousands of nationals stranded overseas due to the coronavirus lockdown.