The latest figures from Luxembourg show that 1,453 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
On Tuesday morning, the head of intensive care at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), Dr Christophe Werer, was a guest on RTL Radio. A key takeaway of the inteview was that “no boosted patient currently has a severe form of he disease” as Omicron has “changed the situation.”
Some of Luxembourg’s neighbouring countries have already decided to relax certain restrictions or are planning to do so in the near future. Will the Grand Duchy’s government decide to go down the same path this week?
In the span of just a year, the government cut its Covid aid spending by more than a half.
MP Nathalie Oberweis from the Left issued a parliamentary enquiry, addressed at Minister of Health Paulette Lenert, to find out how the first deliveries of the new coronavirus medication are to be used.
Denmark on Tuesday becomes the first European Union country to lift all of its Covid restrictions despite record numbers of cases, relying on its high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant.
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to human and environmental health.
A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a Danish study published on Monday.
Australia’s central bank moved to end multi-billion-dollar pandemic stimulus Tuesday, but kept interest rates at a record low despite rising inflation.
The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that it is too early for countries to either declare victory over Covid-19 or give up attempts to halt transmission.
