The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 902 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 72 hours.
Unlike other European countries, Luxembourg will not impose a semi-lockdown or reduce opening hours, but has now decided to pursue a stricter 2G and 3G regime for leisure and at the workplace, respectively. This and more was announced in today’s press briefing.
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) assesses that Luxembourg’s economy has performed well during the second semester of the year.
At least 9 people, including 8 residents and one staff member, at the Pescatore care home are currently positive for Covid-19, the health ministry reported.
Pfizer has already started working on a version of its Covid-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant in case the current inoculation is not effective against the new strain, the US drugmaker’s CEO Albert Bourla said Monday.
G7 health ministers on Monday called for “urgent action” to combat the highly transmissible new Omicron Covid-19 strain spreading across the world as the WHO warned of potentially “severe” consequences.
The American dictionary of reference Merriam-Webster on Monday revealed “vaccine” to be its word of the year for 2021, reflecting both the hopes and deep divisions sparked by vaccination as the world wrestled with year two of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor in waiting Olaf Scholz will hold talks Tuesday with leaders of Germany’s 16 states on toughening restrictions to halt a surge of coronavirus infections, political sources told AFP.
Dutch authorities placed a couple in isolation in hospital after they made a “not really wise” bid to abscond from a quarantine hotel for Covid-positive passengers from South Africa, officials said Monday.
Japan will reinstate tough border measures, barring all new foreign arrivals over the Omicron Covid variant, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Monday, just weeks after a softening of strict entry rules.
Singapore and Malaysiaeased coronavirus travel restrictions on one of the world’s busiest land borders Monday after nearly two years, allowing some vaccinated people to cross without quarantine.
The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism body said Monday, calling the sector’s recovery “fragile” and “slow”.
