Saturday evening roundupDaily summary of national and international virus news

In Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest update from the Ministry of Health saw the number of confirmed cases in Luxembourg increase by 16 to 3,711, while the death toll remained at 85.

  • The Minister of Education Dan Kersch said that teachers and pupils can be tested for coronavirus on a voluntary basis from next week.
  • However, the Féduseteachers’ union has accused the Ministry of Education of breaching their trust.
  • The Prime Minister’s annual state-of-the-nation address has been postponed by 3 months.

  • [block type="summary”]Luxtram has said that the next stage of the tram line to the Gare will be completed on time despite delays due to coronavirus.

    In international news

    • Poland’s health minister proposed to delay the country’s presidential election by two years due to coronavirus.

    • Boris Johnson has returned to work, but is under mounting pressure.

    • The death toll in the United States has surged past 50,000.

    • President Trump claimed that his baffling claims about injecting bleach as a cure for coronavirus were sarcastic.

    • Experts pondered why Spain has been hit so hard by the pandemic.

    • [block type="summary”]The global death toll is approaching 200,000.