Evening roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The Ministry of Health reported 43 new cases from 8,536 tests on Wednesday, with no additional deaths.

• 58 pupils from the International School of Luxembourg are in quarantine after five positive coronavirus cases were discovered. The infected students are said to be doing well.

• In an interview on RTL Radio on Wednesday morning, Leo Wagener, the auxiliary bishop and vicar general of Luxembourg’s Catholic church, stated that the coronavirus had wreaked havoc in pastoral life.

• On Wednesday morning members of the public were barred from attending the annual ceremony to remember the victims of the general strike during Nazi occupation. However, this year, people who wished to pay their respects were left dismayed when they were denied access to the former ARBED site in Differdange, allegedly due to coronavirus restrictions.

• French senator Olivier Jacquin has criticised the extended teleworking agreement for cross-border workers.

• Since Monday, the Ministry of Education is offering additional tutoring lessons to primary and secondary school students to fill in any knowledge gaps caused by the lockdown in spring.

And around the world

• [block type="summary”]Coronavirus has killed at least 857,824 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December. At least 25,807,000 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 16,842,600 are now considered recovered. Read the full global figures here.

  • Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second quarter, official data shows.
  • Poor countries desperate for Covid vaccines may be outbid by richer neighbours, says Richard Hatchett, the head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
  • The Maldives has tightened entry requirements for tourists after a spike in coronavirus infections at more than a dozen resorts, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
  • Video: A new American study has proven that visors and valve masks are not effective in the fight against Covid-19.
  • The number of confirmed corona cases in Rheinland-Pfalz rose by 53 to 9,181 on Wednesday.
  • Three Paris Saint-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the French club announced on Wednesday.
  • The Darussalam Blokagung boarding school in East Java’s Banyuwangi regency has initiated a two-week quarantine of some 6,000 students after at least 664 pupils were infected.