Tracing apps are designed to help identify and break infection chains early on.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, the Luxembourgish government has remained sceptical of this method and fully relied on analog tracing. In a chamber meeting on Tuesday, CSV now demanded that a change of direction needed to be put into place.
Even though a consensus had been found a few weeks back to not implement such a form of tracing, the national ethics council has since released a statement opting for such a form of application.
Claude Wiseler thus noted that this option should be revised in light of the newest findings. A change of heart that found little understanding from Prime Minister Xavier Bettel:
"We discussed the issue together in this chamber and decided on a motion prioritising analog tracing, which we have done ever since. We are flexible in our methods, but we need consistency."
Another point of order on Tuesday was the push from CSV to reopen playgrounds across the country, an issue that quickly provoked a certain level of polemic in the chamber.
Bettel explained that the same two-week-period that was awaited after each phase start would also apply to playgrounds, with a decision pending on Wednesday. Current numbers look promising, according to Bettel, who could not help but criticise the opposition:
"Is this really about playgrounds, or the fact that CSV can say that they made it happen? I can only say it is neither thanks to nor in spite of your efforts that they will reopen!"
The opposition criticised the government in similar fashion, claiming that the moment was misused for opportunistic purposes only. At the end, the motion was refused by the majority with 31 to 29 votes.
