The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 543 new cases were discovered over the last 24 hours, along with no new deaths.
In 2020, the Covid-19 crisis did not have a noticeable negative effect on the well-being of Luxembourg’s residents. The stability of inequality and poverty indicators is also thought to have contributed to this.
According to paediatrician Michèle Kayser, the vaccine is particularly important to protect vulnerable children, or a vulnerable person living with children, e.g., a parent going through chemotherapy.
Under the newly adapted Covid-19 law, religious services must be held under the ‘2G+' regime (vaccinated OR cured AND a negative test) from Saturday.
Coronavirus levels in Luxembourg’s wastewater are currently almost as high as during the main wave of the pandemic between October and December 2020.
The opposition parties of the CSV, ADR and déi Lénk voted against the new measures, while the Pirate party abstained from the vote.
The PM published a message of festive greetings on social media ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Contrary to claims circulating on social media, the Ministry of Health has never agreed to a validation procedure for rapid antigen tests via tele-consultation.
Omicron’s rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa’s arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.
February’s Beijing Winter Olympics look set to be the strictest mass sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic.
Dozens of officials have been punished over a virus outbreak in the locked-down city of Xi’an, China’s disciplinary body said Friday -- the latest state reprimands under Beijing’s strict zero-Covid approach.
Protesters have occupied the parliament of the French outlying territory of Guadeloupe in anger over coronavirus restrictions.
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it will extend its flexible access to emergency funding for an additional 18 months to help nations severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted to making communication “mistakes” in handling the pandemic, in an interview published Friday as his country braced for second Christmas under lockdown.
Santa has been cleared for travel in Canada’s airspace after showing proof of vaccination and a pre-flight negative Covid test, the transport minister said Thursday.
France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the guideline of five months to better fight the Omicron variant.
Italy has reintroduced the mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor spaces, Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced on Thursday, to contain mounting coronavirus cases driven by the Omicron variant.
Ecuador on Thursday made it obligatory for people to get the coronavirus vaccine, following the arrival of the Omicron variant in the South American country.
The United States will next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected, officials said Friday.
Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled and thousands delayed around the world as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupts holiday travel.
Two people have died in a fire at a Covid 19 clinic in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan, according to a media report.
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has tested positive for the coronavirus. This was announced by the presidential chancellery in the capital Podgorica.
