Evening roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg:

• 112 cases were discovered from 1,049 tests in the last 24 hours. The percentage of positive tests was thus 10.68%. Two additional people have died from Covid-19 in this time alone.

• The administration prefers for the employer and employee to organise their home office hours themselves, and does not recognise remote work as a necessary right. However, an amendment on the right to de-connect is set to be introduced.

• “The rise of new infections does not point to a lack of measures, but to a lack of respect towards them,” stated Minister of Education Claude Meisch, reiterating the message that his party colleague PM Xavier Bettel sent out on Saturday evening.

• In our Job Doctor series, one reader asked whether the pandemic is a good moment to switch jobs. See what our expert has to say.

And around the world

• The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide passed 40 million on Monday, as fresh measures to combat the spread of the virus came into effect in several European countries.

• The Slovenian government announced Monday a nationwide curfew and an internal travel ban. Wales will impose a full “firebreak” lockdown for two weeks from Friday. Germany reported 5,248 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, two days after reaching an all-time high of 7,976 infections on Friday. Iran on Monday announced 337 deaths.

• Poland’s national stadium will double as a field hospital for Warsaw, a senior government official said on Monday, as a spike in coronavirus cases has strained health care facilities to the breaking point. Built for the UEFA Euro 2012 football championships, the 60,000-seat stadium has conference rooms under its stands able to accomodate patients.

• Residents of Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne dashed back to salons and golf courses Monday, as some of its three-month-old stay-at-home restrictions were further eased on falling infection rates.

• Czech police said they used tear gas and water cannons at a violent rally held Sunday in Prague against government measures introduced to stem the coronavirus spread.

• UK airline Flybe, which crashed into bankruptcy as the coronavirus crisis erupted, could return to the skies early next year under a rescue by an ex-shareholder, administrators EY said Monday.

• Dutch firm Philips said Monday its third quarter net profit rose sharply as its health arm got a boost from demand.

• South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said he has tested positive for Covid-19 just two days after the country’s diagnosed cases topped 700,000. The 64-year-old minister is the fifth member of the government to contract the virus after his colleagues in the ministries of defence, labour, trade and mineral resources.

• Wayne Rooney says he is “angry and disappointed” that he will miss matches for Championship side Derby due to a period of self-isolation despite testing negative for coronavirus.