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Re-evaluation of titanium dioxide E 171 – EFSA can no longer rule out negative effects on consumer health
After a re-evaluation, EFSA is of the opinion that titanium dioxide, which is used as an additive in food, can have negative effects on consumer health.
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COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 26 April - 2 May
During the week from 26 April to 2 May, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continued to decrease slightly from 1,231 to 1,119 (-9%), while the number of their identified close contacts increased from 2,517 cases the previous week to 2,967 (+18%).
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Connecting Tomorrow: Hybrid conference on 5G, broadband and beyond
Connecting Tomorrow: Hybrid conference on 5G, broadband and beyond Following the two successful conferences focusing on 5G, the Department of Media,
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Press release in relation to the new health measures for all travel from the Republic of India to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Health wish to inform of the new additional health measures applicable from 1 May 2021 until 15 May 2021 inclusive, for all travel from India to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Familles arc-en-ciel: Nous sommes qui nous sommes et c'est super!
Familles arc-en-ciel: Nous sommes qui nous sommes et c'est super! Pour la journée internationale de l’égalité des familles 2021, les familles arc-en-
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Implementation of a procedure to benefit from residual doses of COVID-19 vaccine
As announced after the Government Council of 21 April, a waiting list has been set up in order to benefit from the remaining doses of coronavirus vaccine.
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Franz Fayot participated in the awards ceremony of the first edition of the Circular By Design Challenge
On Thursday 29 April, Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, participated in the award ceremony of the first Circular by Design Challenge.
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The COVID-19 Consultation Centres will be closed on public holidays
The two COVID-19 Consultation Centres (CCCs), located in Kirchberg and Esch-sur-Alzette will be exceptionally closed on public holidays in May, i.e. on 1, 9 and 13 May 2021.
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On the way to using the Nutri-Score - webinar for professionals
On April 28th, the Ministry of Consumer Protection, in cooperation with the House of Entrepreneurship of the Chamber of Commerce, organized an information session for companies on the Nutri-Score logo.
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Launched by the Ministry of Economy, the PCDS initiative on product circularity data has taken a major step towards becoming an internationally recognised standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just decided to make the PCDS initiative on product circularity data a future ISO/NP 59040 standard. The initiative launched in 2018 by the Ministry of Economy has thus taken a major step towards becoming an internationally recognised standard.
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COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 19 - 25 April
During the week from 19 to 25 April, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continued to decrease slightly from 1,261 to 1,231 (-2.4%), while the number of their identified close contacts also decreased from 2,943 cases the previous week to 2,517 (-14.5%).
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16,200 invitations sent to people on the waiting list for vaccination against COVID-19 with the Vaxzevria vaccine
Following the opening of the waiting list for vaccination against COVID-19 with the Vaxzevria® vaccine (AstraZeneca), 16,200 letters of invitation were sent out on 27 April. People invited can now make their appointment at a vaccination centre.
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Country-specific COVID-19 incidences - A biased view of the epidemiological situation
Incidence levels – the number of new COVID-19 cases within a given time period – are currently widely used as indicators to define high-risk areas.
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Launch of phase 6 of the vaccination campaign
The first invitations to those covered by phase 6 of the vaccination campaign will be sent out at the end of this week (week 17).
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ASB 2021/01 | Infringements of TSAs reserved for Drones
The aim of this Air Safety Bulletin is to raise awareness of potential safety hazards between leisure aviation and military drones and provide recommendations relating to airspace infringements.