Evening roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

In Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 36 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, of which 29 were residents. The death toll stays at 120.

  • The virus has impacted the number of applications received for the upcoming semester at the University of Luxembourg, most notably the ones coming from outside the European Union.
  • Police were called out twice over the weekend following reports of parties in the early hours of the morning, dispersing one in Gasperich. A second party in Esch-sur-Alzette was not found to be violating any regulations.

  And abroad

  • Passengers on a flight from Nice to Oslo have been forced to quarantine for ten days when the plane touched down just a minute after France was officially deemed a “red zone” by Norwegian authorities.
  • Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing “flights to nowhere” on their passenger jets. The new business model also includes flight attendant lessons for children.
  • A brawl involving more than 40 individuals broke out on the beach of one of Belgium’s favourite tourist destinations, Blankenberge beach, after police intervened in social distancing violations.
  • London’s financial districts remain largely abandoned by workers still worried about the pandemic and reluctant to return to office life.
  • The United States on Sunday reached the extraordinary milestone of five million coronavirus cases as President Donald Trump was accused of flouting the constitution by unilaterally extending a virus relief package.