Evening roundupMonday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

In Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 35 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 5,639, while the number of deaths remains at 111. 348,610 tests have been carried out in Luxembourg since the start of the outbreak, a rise of 3,866 since Sunday’s update.

  • André Bauler, president of the parliamentary commission on finance and budget, told RTL radio a second lockdown would be “fatal” for Luxembourg’s economy.

  And around the world

  • Two studies offered new hope of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus on Monday, seven months after the disease was first identified in China and spread rapidly across the globe. In a promising step towards a COVID-19 vaccine, one trial among more than 1,000 adults in Britain found that a vaccine induced “strong antibody and T cell immune responses” against the coronavirus. A separate trial in China involving more than 500 people showed most had developed widespread antibody immune response.

  • Exhausted EU leaders attempted to get a summit on a huge coronavirus rescue package back on track Monday after a furious row about grants for member states. The 27 began to gather for another session in Brussels after three days and nights of prolonged wrangling failed to agree a 750 billion euro ($860 billion) bundle of loans and grants to drag Europe out of the recession caused by the pandemic.

  • [block type="summary”]EU chief Charles Michel said Monday he believed a deal was in reach for a huge coronavirus rescue package, on the fourth day of a summit marked by furious rows about grants for member states.

    • In football, the Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year due to the extraordinary conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic, organisers France Football announced on Monday. It will be the first time the trophy given for the world’s best men’s footballer has not been awarded since Englishman Stanley Matthews won the inaugural edition in 1956.
    • And in cricket, the men’s T20 World Cup due to take place in Australia from October has been postponed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Cricket Council announced on Monday. Officials said they now hoped to stage the tournament from October to November 2021.
    • Just one in four people in Japan want to see the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games held next year, with most backing either further delay or a cancellation, a new poll shows.
    • And finally, US golf legend Jack Nicklaus said Sunday that he and his wife Barbara tested positive for the coronavirus back in March and both recovered.