Evening roundupThursday's key coronavirus news in one place

Luxembourg

• The latest figures from Luxembourg show that three new cases of coronavirus and no deaths have been recorded since yesterday. This brings the total number of cases to 4,052, while the number of deaths remains at 110.

• Luxembourg’s partial unemployment has been extended until end of 2020.

• [block type="summary”]Mayor Lydie Polfer reiterated on Thursday that there will not be a Schueberfouer this summer. As an alternative, the city may allow stands around different quarters of the capital. This way, there will at least be a little bit of a festive spirit.

  • Minister for Home Affairs and of Equality between Women and Men was invited to RTL Radio on Thursday morning to discuss domestic violence during the lockdown, as well as municipal finances.
  • While bars, restaurants and terraces have already been able to welcome back their guests, businesses in nightlife are struggling. Our colleagues from 5Minutes talked to some business owners.

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  Around the world

  • Despite moves to reopen businesses nationwide, another 1.54 million US workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, bringing the total initial claims since mid-March to 44.2 million.
  • The European Commission recommended that the 27 EU members fully reopen their frontiers with each other on June 15 and with the western Balkans from July 1.
  • More than 180,000 people have been infected in Iran’s coronavirus outbreak since it first emerged nearly four months ago, an official said on Thursday.
  • Russia, the country with the world’s third-largest coronavirus outbreak, passed the symbolic milestone of 500,000 confirmed cases on Thursday, after the capital lifted tight lockdown restrictions this week.
  • German airline Lufthansa said Thursday that it would have to slash 22,000 full-time jobs as it predicts a muted recovery in demand for travel following the coronavirus pandemic.
  • California’s premier desert music fest Coachella, which had been postponed until October.
  • More than 70,000 people have died from coronavirus in Latin America.
  • The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 112,900 people in the United States, which leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 2,000,464, according to Johns Hopkins University.