From Wednesday 18 March, the medical centres will accommodate patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection.
This initiative is designed to remove such patients from emergency services and general medical practices in order to contain the spread of the pandemic.
It will also allow on-site access to a sampling capacity for the diagnosis of infections by staff provided with the required protections.
The country's 3 medical on-call centres will be open weekdays from 8am to 4pm.
The objective of this new mode of operation of medical houses is to offer people suffering from acute respiratory infection a dedicated care circuit around three axes: reception and sorting of patients, medical consultation and sampling.
Minister of Health Paulette Lenert said the separate flow for patients formed part of the government's efforts to curb the spread of the virus, explaining that time-saving is critical for an epidemic of this magnitude.
Patients are advised to only attend these medical centres on doctors' instructions, to maintain the correct functioning of the centres.
Three medical on-call centres are available across the country:
Luxembourg City
59, rue Michel Welter, L-2730 Luxembourg
Esch-sur-Alzette
70, rue Émile Mayrisch, L-4240 Esch / Alzette
Ettelbruck
110, avenue Lucien Salentiny, L-9080 Ettelbruck
Authorities are currently exploring options for setting up a similar medical facility in the east of the country.
For more information, visit the official information website
