Evening roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

In Luxembourg

• One new case of coronavirus has been reported in Luxembourg in the past 24 hours, but only 183 tests were carried out on Sunday. The number of active infections is on a steady decline and now stands at 29. There have also been no new reported deaths for the past 15 days.

• The question remaining at large is whether tracking the displacement of individuals and contact between residents to protect the country’s health should prevail over privacy - Luxembourg’s Ethics Committee made some remarks.

• The Luxembourgish state has approved more than 100 loans for total of €30 million.

• In an RTL interview, Minister for Family Affairs Corinne Cahen underlined that elderly people still belong to at-risk groups as they qualify as vulnerable individuals. They now have to learn how to live with the virus, the minister explained.

Around the world

• New Zealand lifted all domestic coronavirus restrictions on Monday after its final COVID-19 patient was given the all clear, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealing she danced around her living room when told about the milestone.

• Lockdowns prevented around 3.1 million deaths in 11 European countries, according to a new modelling study published Monday, as most nations tiptoe out of the strict measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.

• British energy giant BP on Monday announced plans to axe “close to 10,000" jobs, or almost 15 percent of its global workforce, after the coronavirus pandemic slashed demand for oil.

• Britain introduces a two-week quarantine for most people arriving from abroad, in the face of loud protests by the ailing aviation sector. The measure, which applies to both residents and visitors with some exceptions, aims to prevent a second wave of contagion from abroad.

• Poland saw a record spike in new confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend, with most of the hundreds of infections reported by the health ministry linked to a coal mine in the country’s south.

• Tens of millions of children in the Philippines will not be allowed back to school until a coronavirus vaccine is available, officials announced Monday, saying they may have to broadcast lessons on TV.

• Austria’s government announced Monday it would introduce a €40 minimum price for flights in order to combat “social and environmental dumping.”

• And finally, the world economy is expected to contract by 5.2 percent this year -- the worst recession in 80 years -- but the sheer number of countries suffering economic losses means the scale of the downturn is worse than any recession in 150 years, the World Bank said in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.