Evening roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and around the world

Starting with Luxembourg:

• Luxembourg has recorded another2 cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 3,888. The death toll remains at 101.

• According to reports, Germany is not planning on extending border checks beyond 15 May and may thus reopen with Luxembourg.

• Claude Meisch explained that daycare centres will not be able to accommodate primary school pupils before 8am until the rest of the school year. He urged employers to show understanding if parents have to start work a bit later than usual.

• Stores opened up on Monday. We asked business owners and customers how things were going on the first day. Here is a list of activities that are still banned today.

• The municipality of Mamer has come up with an idea that will raise the spirits of Luxembourg’s cinephiles: a drive-in cinema will allow filmaholics to enjoy a movie from the safe confines of their car.

• No businesses have filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg City to date, UCVL President Guill Kaempff said in an interview with RTL today.

• And this is also the first day for students to go back to school. Our colleagues from RTL visited a school and had a look at the implemented measures to safely begin teaching again.

And in the international sphere:

• China reported a new cluster of coronavirus cases in Wuhan Monday after a month without fresh infections at the pandemic’s global epicentre, as a northeastern city was placed under lockdown.

• Millions of people in France and Spain were set to embrace a relaxation of stay-at-home rules on Monday, but Britain extended its lockdown as countries plot their way tentatively through the crisis.

• New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced “tremendous concern” over an uptick in cases of a paediatric syndrome that scientists suspect could be linked to COVID-19. He says there are 38 cases of paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome detected in New York City, with an additional nine suspected cases awaiting confirmation. One child has died.

• Hong Kong police arrested hundreds of people during weekend democracy protests -- including a 12-year-old boy -- officials said Monday, in the first major political unrest since the coronavirus outbreak began.

• Saudi Arabia unveiled plans Monday to triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handouts to citizens as part of a series of austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump.

• New Zealand will phase out its coronavirus lockdown over the next 10 days after successfully containing the virus, although some restrictions will remain, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday.

• Germany‘s coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data showed Sunday, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually return to normal.