Evening roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 9 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. One more death has been registered, bringing the total to 133. 282 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. The percentage of positive tests was thus 3.19%.

  • The pandemic and resulting lockdown have had a considerable impact on the psychological well-being of people around the world, say mental health experts.

  And around the world

  • Top government scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday that an ad aired by Donald Trump’s reelection campaign was edited to make him seem to endorse the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In the United States -- the world’s worst-affected nation with 7.7 million infections and 214,000 deaths -- Trump controversially declared himself immune after his treatment at a Washington hospital last week.
  • All nine million people in a major Chinese port city will be tested for Covid-19 following a tiny outbreak. Six cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Sunday in Qingdao -- a northeastern port city of 9.4 million -- prompting health officials to announce China’s first mass testing in months.
  • French authorities could be forced to impose new lockdowns in a bid to contain another surge in coronavirus cases that is putting a strain on hospitals, Prime Minister Jean Castex warned.
  • More than half of French nurses are close to burning out, according to a survey of nearly 60,000 of them published on Sunday, which found they were struggling with cancelled holidays and increased work due to coronavirus.

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered pubs in Liverpool to shut as part of a new strategy to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases, as staff at three field hospitals across the country were told to prepare for a wave of admissions. The northwest English city is the first to be placed at “very high risk” under a new three-tiered system designed to bring order what has become a complex web of local restrictions.

  • Local and federal authorities could have contained the spread of a coronavirus outbreak that infected thousands of tourists in two Austrian ski resorts, according to a report published Monday.
  • An affordable anti-microbial drug used to treat stomach ulcers and bacterial infections has shown promise in combatting the coronavirus in animals, scientists in Hong Kong announced Monday.
  • In a shocking research finding, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items such as banknotes and phones for up to 28 days in cool, dark conditions.
  • Staff at three field hospitals in northern England are being mobilised to prepare for a surge in coronavirus admissions.
  • Millions of Indian public servants will be offered loans of around US$135 –- to be repaid over 10 months -- in a bid to boost spending and salvage the coronavirus-ravaged economy, the government said Monday.
  • British Airways, which is slashing thousands of jobs as coronavirus decimates demand for air travel, announced Monday that CEO Alex Cruz is stepping down “with immediate effect” but gave no reason for his unexpected departure.