Evening roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 48 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.

  • Portuguese airline Tap Air had cut the number of flights due to the pandemic, but announced it will add more connections between the Grand Duchy and Portugal in September.

  Around the world

  • [block type="summary”]Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as countries around the world further tightened restrictions to try to stop the rampaging pandemic.

    • While large traditional retailers announce big lay-offs because of the pandemic, sometimes shedding thousands of staff, coronavirus lockdowns have in contrast given e-commerce a major boost.
    • German leaders Sunday condemned the “unacceptable” attempt by protesters to storm the Reichstag parliament building during a mass rally against coronavirus restrictions.
    • A medical journal recently published a study investigating the forms of gatherings with the most elevated chances of infection spreading.
    • Three months after Spain rushed to launch a minimum basic income scheme to fight a spike in poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, the programme is at a dead-end because of an avalanche of applications.
    • New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday (via Reuters) that she was making her own face masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, raising the profile of a public health measure which will become mandatory across the country next week.
    • London’s tourist guides are resuming their work slowly as lockdown restrictions are eased, and adapting to new health and safety rules to curb the spread of the virus.