Evening roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

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Restrictions are being eased in most European countries but health officials stress that the pandemic is not over yet. As always, find below a summary of today's key virus developments.
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In Luxembourg

  • [block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health showed that 1 new case of coronavirus took the total to 4,020, while the number of deaths remains at 110.

    • The government has introduced two bills in order to extend the restrictions in place due to the pandemic, after the state of emergency ends on 23 June.

    In international news

    • The French revelled in a return to cafe terraces Tuesday as Europe emerges from its darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic, which has shifted its centre to Latin America where pressure is mounting on fragile healthcare systems.

    • Pupils wearing face masks returned to school in Singapore on Tuesday and some workplaces re-opened as coronavirus restrictions were eased in the hard-hit city-state.

    • UK retail sales dived by a record 18.1 percent in April with the country in coronavirus lockdown, but most shops will soon be allowed to reopen, as Britain -- with the world’s second-highest death toll in the coronavirus outbreak -- took its biggest step out of lockdown on Monday.

    • [block type="summary”]Indonesia is pulling out of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca over coronavirus fears, the religious affairs ministry said Tuesday, removing the largest contingent of worshippers.

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