Friday evening roundupDaily summary of national and international virus news

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With new confirmed cases in Luxembourg dropping, things are looking better - but the crisis globally is far from over. Here are today's key coronavirus developments.
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In Luxembourg

  • [block type="summary”]The latest update from the Ministry of Health, saw the number of confirmed cases in Luxembourg increase by 30 to 3,695, while the death toll rose by 2 to 85.

    In international news

    • The most populous country in Latin America and the region’s largest economy, Brazil has now recorded 3,313 coronavirus deaths, out of a total 49,492 confirmed cases.

    • Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has predicted that US President Donald Trump will try to postpone the country’s November election in an attempt to win.

    • The United Nations on Friday launched a global push to speed up production of a vaccine for the new coronavirus as US President Donald Trump came under fire for suggesting injecting patients with disinfectant.

    • President Emmanuel Macron vowed measures to keep afloat France’s hotel and restaurant sector, one of the mainstays of the economy but also the French way-of-life that is being battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

    • A novel coronavirus vaccine has for the first time “largely protected” monkeys from infection during an animal trial, data from a Chinese pharmaceutical giant showed.

    • [block type="summary”]Trump discussed new government research into the virus at Thursday’s White House coronavirus press briefing, and suggested the injection of disinfectants as a possible solution.

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