Schneider talks satellites at Chamber of Deputies, China passes Hong Kong safety regulation and Cirque de Soleil information for chapter. Delano’s breakfast briefing for Tuesday.
WHO head points 6-month warning
“We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives, but the hard reality is that this is not even close to being over.” So mentioned Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Well being Group, throughout a briefing on Monday. “Some countries have now experienced a resurgence of cases as they start to reopen their economies and societies,” Tedros mentioned. “Most people remain susceptible. The virus still has a lot of room to move.” The WHO chief referred to as for nations to deploy extra and higher contact tracing. Tuesday is the 6-month anniversary of the primary reported covid-19 case in China. The virus has contaminated greater than 10.1m individuals and killed greater than 502,000. Sources: AFP, CNBC, Marketwatch, NPR and Reuters.
Luxembourg coronavirus replace
14 out of 1,205 individuals examined for covid-19 within the grand duchy over the 24 hours to Monday afternoon have been optimistic. The Rt_eff replica price was 1.37 (above the focused threshold of 1). Supply: Well being ministry.
“No big parties” pleads Fayot
Franz Fayot, the LSAP financial system minister, mentioned a second shutdown could be “catastrophic” for Luxembourg’s financial system and for unemployment. He was encouraging residents to look at public well being measures. Supply: Franz Fayot on Twitter.
Well being spending to spike in 2020
Social safety spending ought to rise by roughly 10% this 12 months, as a result of covid-19 disaster, however the system is predicted to nonetheless finish the 12 months with a surplus. That’s based on Romain Schneider, the LSAP social safety minister, talking throughout a parliamentary listening to on Monday. Supply: Chamber of Deputies and Paperjam.
Schneider justifies satellite tv for pc spending
Value overruns on the Luxeosys army satellite tv for pc undertaking have been resulting from technical modifications requested by his Inexperienced occasion successor, Etienne Schneider, a former LSAP defence minister instructed the parliamentary funds committee on Monday. The unique price was budgeted to be €170m; the federal government has now requested parliament for an extra €180m. Inexperienced MP Djuna Bernard pointed to earlier poor planning. Sources: Chamber of Deputies and 100,7 public radio.
Highschool to supply finance and advertising specialisations
The College of Enterprise and Administration (ECG) will open a finance and a advertising, media and communication part when the 2020-2021 faculty 12 months begins. Supply: Training ministry.
China passes HK safety regulation
Beijing has previously authorised a controversial nationwide safety regulation for Hong Kong. Sources: The Guardian, Hong Kong Free Press, Reuters and South China Morning Put up.
US off EU journey checklist
People will seemingly not have the opportunity enter the EU when the bloc reopens its exterior borders on 1 July. Supply: BBC, CNN, Monetary Instances and The Guardian.
price set for first covid-19 treatment
Gilead Sciences will cost $3,120 within the US and $2,340 in different developed nations for a 5-day course of remdesivir, the primary authorised remedy for covid-19. Sources: Monetary Instances, Marketwatch, New York Instances and NPR.
Covid-19 pushes Cirque de Soleil out of business
The leisure outfit Cirque de Soleil has filed for chapter and laid off 3,500 employees. It reportedly had $1bn in debt. Sources: BBC, CBC, CNN and Sky Information.
Tesla up 4,000% over decade
Monday was the 10th anniversary of the electrical carmaker Tesla’s IPO. Its stock price has risen from $17 to $1,009 per share. Sources: Bloomberg, CNBC and Marketwatch.
Tiktok banned in India
The Indian authorities banned Tiktok, Wechat and 57 different Chinese language-made cell apps on knowledge privateness and nationwide safety grounds. Sources: BBC, CNBC, Deutsche Welle and Financial Instances.
Francois and Penelope Fillon convicted for “fake jobs”
A former French prime minister, François Fillon, and his spouse, Penelope, have been discovered responsible of embezzling greater than €1m by creating inexistent jobs as parliamentary assistants for her and their youngsters. Sources: AFP, BBC, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle and The Guardian.
Agenda
Tuesday 30 June, 4pm-6:30pm: Stibbe regulation agency’s “Cloud computing in the financial sector” webinar. Tuesday 30 June, 6pm-7pm: Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s prime minister, is one among three out world leaders on an covid-19 and LGBTI equality roundtable hosted by the Atlantic Council, a US thinktank, through Zoom. Thursday 2 July, 12noon-2pm: Home of Entrepreneurship’s inbound digital advertising methods on-line workshop. Thursday 2 July, 1:30pm-3pm: Luxembourg administrators institute (ILA) and Girls in Digital Empowerment’s “Leading strategic corporate sustainability” coaching webinar. Monday 6-Tuesday 7 July: College of Luxembourg’s “Management of future motorway and urban traffic systems” on-line symposium. Thursday 9 July, 1:30pm-2:30pm: Paperjam Membership hosts coaching webinar on new switch pricing pointers.
Uncredited roles
The nation music star Dolly Parton was secretly one of many govt producers of the cult TV exhibits “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”, per the Impartial.
Right this moment’s breakfast briefing was written by Aaron Grunwald
