Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

In Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 65 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 4,842. The number of deaths remains unchanged at 110. 273,866 tests have been carried out in Luxembourg since the start of the outbreak, a rise of 7,429 since yesterday.

• Luxembourg’s Air Rescue service has equipped its helicopter with an isolation stretcher and its aircraft with an isolation chamber in light of the pandemic. Article and image gallery here.

• [block type="summary”]https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1547571.htmlMPs will participate in two important parliamentary sessions next week ahead of the summer break. Top on the priority list is the new coronavirus bill, which merges two laws which came into force after the state of emergency, and will double down on rules for group gatherings in a return to strict regulations.

  In international news

  • Serbian police said Saturday they have arrested 71 people, including a Briton and a Tunisian, after violence broke out during a protest in Belgrade against the government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • The World Health Organization has urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as some nations clamp fresh restrictions on citizens.
  • A French bus driver who was badly beaten by passengers after asking them to wear face masks in line with coronavirus rules has died, his family said, sparking tributes from political leaders who condemned his “cowardly” attackers.
  • US President Donald Trump lashed out at China over the pandemic while visiting one of the worst-hit US states, Florida -- ignoring health advice about the dangers of large gatherings.