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

Starting with Luxembourg

• The Ministry of Health‘s latest figures show that another 13 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,971. The death toll remains at 109.

• Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Minister of Health Paulette Lenert held a press briefing outlining the gradual relaunch of Luxembourg, unveiling additional support packages to boost the country’s recovery. Read our short and compact summary here.

• Luxembourg now counts 4,800 jobseekers more than around the same time last year - the unemployment rate thus jumped by 31% this year. This is in part due to coronavirus and people not being able to start their new positions.

• The municipality of Walferdange announced on Tuesday morning that their annual book convention had to be called off.

• And lastly, wondering where you can go for a quick swim this weekend? We’ve got an interactive map for you. Get ready, as temperatures will be hot.

And news from around the world

• Brazil‘s health ministry recommended Wednesday using chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat even mild cases of COVID-19, a treatment President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for despite a lack of conclusive evidence of their effectiveness.

• Virus cases soared in Chile Tuesday as soldiers were deployed to back up riot police in Santiago following clashes with demonstrators angry about food shortages and job losses.

• With the US death tally now over 90,000, some states have begun to reopen after two months of widespread closures, but the fear is many businesses may not survive.

• Macron and Merkel on Monday proposed a 500 billion euro ($546 billion) fund to help mend an economy devastated by pandemic.

• Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Wednesday it will cut at least 9,000 jobs and slash costs elsewhere. Furthermore, as owners of the world’s largest commercial aircraft, the A380, Air France-KLM has decided to ditch its fleet of big birds and switch to a newer generation of aircraft.

• And lastly, hundred-year-old British World War II veteran Captain Tom Mooreis to be knighted after raising nearly $40 million for healthcare charities, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling him a “beacon of light” during the coronavirus pandemic.