Evening roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 67 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, of which 59 were residents.

  • The Luxembourg Foreign Ministry confirmed that people who have been in the Grand Duchy within the 14-day period leading up to 20 August still need to present negative test results or undergo mandatory quarantine measures.
  • Unlike neighbouring countries, the coronavirus crisis has not had an impact on the number of pets abandoned in Luxembourg, according to the Animal Protection League.
  • 5,247 people were granted rent subsidies within the first six months of 2020, almost as much as during the whole of 2019, in large part due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Around the world

  • [block type="summary”]Almost six months after it was first detected in Latin America, the coronavirus death toll has reached 250,000 and exacerbated poverty and inequality, threatening to undo a decade of slow social progress.