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 320 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, with no deaths.

  • The Ministry of Health warned that fake PCR test results were being sent via Facebook Messenger.
  • Intensive care doctor Jean Reuter told RTL that despite hard times to come, he and his colleagues were prepared for any scenario.
  • Following on from last week’s update on infections within education, Minister of Health Paulette Lenert clarified that four children from four different classes were infected at school.

  And around the world

  • Angela Merkel pleaded with Germans to comply with new restrictions to help achieve a “turnaround” in the fight against the worsening pandemic. She held out hope that, if measures succeeded, German families would be allowed to celebrate Christmas together.

  • Countries across Europe continued to tighten restrictions. Alongside Germany’s new restrictions, England prepared for fresh stay-at-home orders from Thursday while tighter lockdown rules kick in for Belgium today. Portugal, too, has ordered a partial lockdown starting Wednesday.

  • The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been self-quaranting since late Sunday following contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. Readers will be glad to hear he’s currently symptom-free.

  • As coronavirus savaged demand and grounded planes worldwide, Irish no-frills airline Ryanair sunk into a first-half loss on virus fallout of 197 million euros ($229 million) in the six months to the end of September, which contrasted with a year-earlier net profit of 1.15 billion euros.

  • [block type="summary”]Meanwhile, in brighter news Peru’s world-famous Macchu Pichu reopened Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.