Evening roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and around the world
The most important stories for you in one place.
Starting with Luxembourg:
- Nearly 1,000 Luxembourgish citizens have been brought home since the start of the pandemic, but around 80 are still stuck abroad.
- Luxembourg’s Red Cross thanked all those who have donated blood since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
News from around the world:
- After three months of empty squares and alleys and gondoliers stranded on dry land, Venice sprang back to life as tourists flocked back to the city for the reopening of the Doge’s Palace, but a new cluster of cases in Rome is causing concern.
- From the emblematic island of Santorini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Greece is “ready to welcome tourists” in complete safety after the coronavirus lockdown, whose impact on tourism will be “significant”.
- Beijing carried out mass testing for the coronavirus on Sunday after a new outbreak in the city that prompted travel warnings across the country amid fears of a resurgence of the disease.
- More than 1,200 have died from the virus in the Indian capital New Delhi and more than 1,000 new cases are being reported each day.
- After three months of domestic isolation, from 15 June Europeans will be able to begin moving from country to country again, as the coronavirus crisis continues to fade away. But watch out: not every border is open to the public.
- Thousands demonstrated in Berlin against racism and for broader fairness, including sharing the coronavirus burden, as they stretched a human chain through the German capital Sunday while keeping safe distances.