Evening roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 35 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, of which 28 were residents.

  • A study by the National Laboratory and the National Research Fund revealed that Luxembourg residents, on the whole, respected social distancing during lockdown.
  • Luxembourg’s youth hostels have benefited from the government’s Vakanz Doheem staycation scheme.
  • The OGBL trade union has demanded that cross-border workers in all three neighbouring countries be allowed to work from home indefinitely. An agreement was reached between Luxembourg and Belgium to extend teleworking until 31 December.

  Around the world

  • [block type="summary”]The novel coronavirus has killed at least 813,733 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Tuesday.

    • Millions of South Korean students were ordered back to online classes Tuesday and Mexico launched a nationwide televised schooling programme, highlighting the deepening crisis for children as the coronavirus pandemic drags into a ninth month.