Evening roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments

In Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 104 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 6,056, while deaths remain at 112.

• The Ministry of Education has insisted that schools are not principal sources of infection.

• The Robert Koch Institute has classed Luxembourg as a risk region once again - a decision which has met with criticism from politicians in the border regions.

• After a number of issues at the popular Upper Sûre lake, including overcrowding and littering, the authorities in charge of the surrounding area decided to limit places on a reservation basis. Here’s what you need to know to book.

• Coronavirus continues to have a stranglehold on Luxembourg and the tourism industry. Many would-be holidaymakers from Luxembourg are left scratching their heads: is it still possible to go on a holiday abroad?

• The number of cross-border workers employed in Luxembourg has sharply decreased since the beginning of summer, suggesting these workers have been hardest-hit by the pandemic.

• When Luxembourg’s schools reopened after the nation-wide lockdown, the Ministry of Education recommended the thorough ventilation of classrooms. This is often easier said than done, teachers have told RTL.

In international news

• A man was arrested for pointing a gun at a fellow shopper who asked him to wear a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic at a Walmart store in Florida, police in the US state said.

• A study published Thursday on the use of hydroxychloroquine in Brazil to treat COVID-19 found the drug ineffective, the latest blow to President Jair Bolsonaro’s push for its widespread use.

• A Chinese city of nearly six million people, Dalian, will introduce a wave of coronavirus testing to stamp out a small cluster of cases, authorities said Friday, with state media reporting communities will be locked down.

• The coronavirus is on the rise once more in France’s Grand Est region, which suffered badly during the first wave of the pandemic in spring.

• A three-year-old girl has become Belgium’s youngest known victim of the coronavirus, officials said Friday, as the country confronts a worrying growth in new infections.

• In response to the travel warning for Luxembourg, almost all the local leaders from Trier have issued a joint statement.