Evening roundupWednesday's key national and international coronavirus developments

Starting with Luxembourg:

• PM Xavier Bettel announced a state of emergency this afternoon. His speech covered everything from the new measures, the cost of the crisis, repatriation flights, and fines for those not complying with restrictions. You can read the full summary of the press conference here. 

• Today Luxembourg recorded its second death, with infections jumping to 203. On Tuesday morning, there had been 140 confirmed infections.

• The three newly-opened medical centres in Luxembourg City, Esch/Alzette and Ettelbruck are specifically open to patients with coronavirus symptoms. The aim of these medical centres is to avoid patients with coronavirus symptoms gathering in a general practitioner's waiting room, or entering an emergency department. 

• The army assembled more beds in the Ettelbruck hospital tents. 

• The Ministry of the Economy has advocated for social distancing in supermarkets. Current guidelines require members of the public to maintain a 2 metre distance from others. The Ministry recommended supermarkets monitor store entrances and limit the number of customers entering the store. Queues developed on Wednesday. 

And on to international developments:

• Current figures: 214,010 cases, 8,727 deaths and 83,207 recoveries. Up-to-date figures are available for all countries here.

• The UK government is closing its schools for most pupils as of Friday. 

• Donald Trump announced the closure of the US-Canada border to most non-essential travellers.

• Angela Merkel labelled the coronavirus Germany's 'biggest challenge since WW2.'

• Experts warned that Italy has probably still not reached its peak number of cases, as the country recorded 475 new deaths.

• Chile declared a state of catastrophe, while sub-Saharan Africa registered its first fatality.

That's it for today's evening round-up. Thanks for tuning into our coverage, stay safe, and if you're feeling worried about the lockdown, here's a piece to cheer you up.

-The RTL Today team.