The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 171 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, appointments must be booked in advance for the booster jab.
The Ministry of Health is currently also looking for solutions to avoid long waiting times at vaccination stations, and has confirmed it has over 100,000 doses in stock.
While the CSV wants to wait for the final version of the draft bill, the adr feels that the new measures announced yesterday will put too much pressure on society. Meanwhile, the Pirate Party favours a ‘2G+' strategy, i.e. combining CovidCheck with mandatory tests.
On the subject of the new measures, the introduction of a general ‘2G’ rule, i.e. access only for vaccinated and recovered individuals, in the leisure sector will naturally also affect restaurants and bars.
The WHO on Tuesday urged countries to remain calm and take “rational” measures against the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, warning that blanket travel bans being rolled out globally will not prevent its spread.
A panel of health experts appointed by the US government was meeting Tuesday to decide whether to endorse Merck’s pill to treat Covid-19, potentially paving the way for the medicine to be available within weeks.
US biotech firm Regeneron said Tuesday that its synthetic antibody treatment for Covid-19 may be less effective against the new variant, and it plans to conduct tests to determine by how much.
Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told the Financial Times.
Japan on Tuesday confirmed its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, a day after authorities announced new Covid border restrictions.
Germany’s incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday signalled his backing for mandatory coronavirus jabs, a party source told AFP, as the country struggles to contain a fierce fourth wave of the pandemic.
The world could see the Covid pandemic begin fading next year into an endemic disease like others humanity lives with, unless glaring inequality in vaccine access drags it out and worse variants emerge.
