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During the week from 15 to 21 February, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 1,099 to 1,249 (+13,7%), while the number of their identified close contacts has however decreased from 2,860 cases the previous week to 2,766 (-3,3% ).

The Year Of Security Culture (YOSC) is an initiative of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) aiming to raise security awareness and promote a positive security culture in aviation operations across the world.

Interview with Pierre Gramegna in Delano

During the week from 8 to 14 February, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,140 to 1,099 (-3,6%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, from 4,067 cases the previous week to 2,860 (-30% ).

By the end of the week, invitations will be sent out to those covered by phase 2 of the vaccination campaign.

On 12 February, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, François Bausch unveiled Luxembourg's inaugural Cyber Defence Strategy.

The relevant authorities of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland announce the establishment of a transnational coordination mechanism to facilitate the use of the front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score. This cooperation will take place within a Steering committee and a Scientific committee.

During the week from 1 to 7 February, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 999 to 1,140 (+14%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, from 2,774 cases the previous week to 4,067 (+47% ).

'We express our profound shock and strong condemnation of the repeated and ongoing demolition, by Israeli forces, of structures belonging to Palestinian families in Humsa Al Bqai'a and surrounding communities in the occupied West Bank, since 1 February 2021.'

FEDAS has published guidelines for dealing with food allergies in day-care centers.

Despite the current pandemic and its unprecedented impacts on the aviation industry, it is of the utmost importance that economic recovery does not lead to backsliding in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

At a press conference on February 8, 2021, the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Carole Dieschbourg, and the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, presented the national "Circular Economy" strategy.

The Luxembourg Government takes note of the publication of a series of articles in the international press concerning alleged shortcomings in the Grand Duchy's anti-money laundering arrangements and refutes the various allegations. The authors also make a number of unsubstantiated assertions about the Luxembourg economy and the financial centre.

During the week from25 to 31 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 843 to 999 (+19%), while the number of their identified close contacts remained stable at 2,774 compared to 2,760 from the previous week (+0.5%).

At a press conference, the Minister of Health, Paulette Lenert, reviewed the evolution of the pandemic since the summer and more particularly, since the resurgence of new infections at the end of October 2020.