Evening roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and around the world

Starting with Luxembourg:

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 3 new cases of coronavirus and no deaths have been recorded since Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 4,075, while the number of deaths remains at 110.

• Minister of Education Claude Meisch has hinted at the possibility of allowing classes to be reunited for the last two weeks of school before the summer holidays.

• Until now, it was mandatory to wear a protective mask when you were in a car with people who were not from the same household. This is no longer necessary.

• Over 500 people have participated in the voluntary testing offered at Findel airport, with 508 tests completed by last Sunday. Several positive cases had been detected.

• The City of Luxembourg has appealed to stand and ride owners to organise alternative events to replace the Schueberfouer, which has been cancelled due to the health crisis.

And around the world

• Beijing on Tuesday urged its residents to not leave the city and closed schools again as authorities scramble to contain a “severe” new coronavirus outbreak.

• An estimated 1.7 billion people - more than 20 percent of the world’s population - risk becoming severely infected with COVID-19 due to underlying health problems such as obesity and heart disease, analysis showed Tuesday.

• Hungarian MPs voted Tuesday to revoke anti-coronavirus emergency powers that triggered international criticism amid fears of a power grab by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

• The coronavirus crisis is pushing 40 million people into food insecurity in South and Central America and the Caribbean, the UN warned Tuesday, calling for urgent action to avert a “hunger pandemic”.

• The steroid dexamethasone was shown Tuesday to be the first drug to significantly reduce the risk of death among severe COVID-19 cases, in trial results hailed as a “major breakthrough” in the fight against the disease.

• Amnesty International warned Tuesday that contact-tracing technology threatens users’ privacy, highlighting Bahraini, Kuwaiti and Norwegian apps as “among the most dangerous”.

• The United States has agreed to keep its borders with Mexico and Canada closed until July 21, officials said Tuesday, extending travel restrictions for a third time.