Evening roundupWednesday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 190 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. 7,095 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. The percentage of positive tests was thus 2.68%.

• The Ministry of Health has published its weekly review of the coronavirus situation in Luxembourg. As always, a collective effort is required to reduce the spread of the virus and the rise in infections. Here you can read our live ticker translations of today’s press briefing.

• 232 pupils and 50 teachers have contracted the virus since the return to schools in September, according to figures published by the Ministry of Education on Wednesday.

• The municipality of Luxembourg City announced on Wednesday that the Christmas market would indeed take place in the capital this winter.

• These are the five priorities of a 2021 budget marked by the coronavirus.

And around the world

• The coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards eliminating tuberculosis, until now the top infectious disease killer globally, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.

• European governments from The Netherlands to Spain imposed tough new virus controls on Wednesday, closing bars and restaurants and enforcing local lockdowns in a bid to battle a surge in a new infections from the global pandemic.

• The number of children treated in Spain for accidental poisonings after ingesting hand sanitising gels has soared during the pandemic, the government said Wednesday, urging parents to keep the products out of reach.

• Two late-stage Covid-19 medical trials have been paused in the space of 24 hours over potential safety concerns, the latest setbacks to scientists in the long fight against the pandemic.

• Despite aggressive cost-cutting moves, Delta Air Lines reported a hefty loss Tuesday and said the timing of a full industry recovery remained clouded by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020 -- larger than during the 2008 financial crisis and even World War II -- experts said Wednesday.

• Governments around the world are using the pandemic as a justification to expand surveillance and crack down on dissent online, resulting in a 10th consecutive annual decline in internet freedom, a human rights watchdog report said Wednesday.

• The World Bank said Tuesday that it approved $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatment.