Sunday evening roundupDaily summary of national and international virus news

In Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The Ministry of Heath has confirmed that another 13 individuals have tested positive for the virus. The death toll now stands at 73, up from 72 yesterday. The complete numbers can be found here.

  • The virus restrictions are also taking their toll on the Grand Duchy’s sports world. A closer look at how the FLF football federation is handling the unprecedented crisis.

  In international news

  • Australia on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the World Health Organization’s handling of the crisis.
  • The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China’s coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it “impossible”.
  • Italians debated Sunday their first cautious steps out of a coronavirus lockdown that has left an estimated half of the working population seeking government support.
  • Hundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns -- with encouragement from President Donald Trump -- as resentment grows against the crippling economic cost of confinement.
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced the nationwide coronavirus lockdown would be extended two weeks to May 9, hours after the official death toll passed 20,000.