Since the number of new cases started to rise on 28 June, about 849 infections have been reported. As of 5 July, 307 people reported to the Contact Tracing task force that they had gone out in Luxembourg City on the eve of National Day and/or over the course of the following days. Minister of Health Paulette Lenert and Minister of Internal Security Henri Kox provided these details in their joint answer to a parliamentary question by MPs Gilles Roth and Laurent Mosar from the Christian Social People’s Party (CSV). Infection clusters have been detected in three nightclubs in the capital.
Since 13 June, health restrictions have been eased and large gatherings are allowed to take place under the CovidCheck system. In their response, the ministers explain that as of 4 July, there had been “782 notifications” for CovidCheck events, for which, as a reminder, people must provide proof that they have been vaccinated, tested negative, or cured of Covid-19.
“The government is aware of the risk of a new upsurge in infections (...) with a predominance among young people,” the ministers state, adding that nightclubs where outbreaks of infection had been noted have been reported to the police, with a request to carry out stricter controls. The same was done for nightclubs that “apparently do not comply with CovidCheck measures”. It was also decided to systematically invite all people aged between 15 and 40 to be tested over the next two weeks through Luxembourg’s Large-Scale-Testing programme. The government will “take these findings into account” when preparing the draft bill for the extension of the Covid-19 law.
Despite the increase in new infections in recent days, the number of hospital admissions remains stable, with five Covid-19 patients currently in hospital. As it can take up to two weeks for symptoms to appear, the next few days are expected to reveal whether this situation will change.
The situation in the UK seems to indicate that once more people are vaccinated, the number of hospital admissions increases at a slower pace compared to the number of infections.
