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Franz Fayot announces a first call for projects in the field of health technologies, launched jointly with the Fonds national de la recherche and supported by Luxinnovation
Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced the launch of a joint call for projects, in partnership with the Fonds national de la recherche (FNR), in the field of health technologies. It is open to companies as well as research and healthcare organisations.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 22 - 28 March
During the week from 22 to 28 March, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 1,564 to 1,684 (+7.7%), while the number of their identified close contacts also increased from 3,846 cases the previous week to 4,129 (+7.3%).
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Follow the money: members of drug trafficking network arrested for money laundering in Germany and Luxembourg
At the request of France, authorities in Germany and Luxembourg carried out a coordinated blow on the network which was set up to launder proceeds from drug trafficking.
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We will not remain silent! The fight against impunity for crimes committed in Syria
Joint op-ed by the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Malta, Portugal.
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Launch of phase 4 of the vaccination campaign
The first invitations to those covered by phase 4 of the vaccination campaign will be sent out this week (week 13).
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Prolongation of the health measures for air travel to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Given the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus at the international level, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Health would like to inform of the prolongation of the health measures applicable since 29 January 2021 until 15 May 2021 included, for any travel by air to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Franz Fayot announces an internationalisation support programme for Luxembourg startups wishing to expand into the United States
The 3-week digital programme, the first edition of which is scheduled for this summer, will allow 5 Luxembourg startups each year to discover the United States from Wisconsin, so that they can start making business contacts and check whether their product is suitable for the American market
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Data on COVID-19 will not be published this Sunday
Due to maintenance work on IT systems, the Ministry of Health will not be reporting COVID-19 data this Sunday 28 March 2021.
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Changes to the conditions of "travel testing"
Following a decision of the Government Council on 17 March, the conditions to perform a PCR test before travelling abroad in the context of the Large Scale Testing programme (LST3), will be modified.
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Franz Fayot launched the Luxembourg regional hub GAIA-X led by Luxinnovation
At a conference on March 25, 2021 dedicated to the European digital project GAIA-X, the Minister of Economy, Franz Fayot, launched the Luxembourg regional hub of GAIA-X which will be coordinated by Luxinnovation.
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Jean Asselborn spoke with H.E. Mrs Yang Xiaorong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Luxembourg, about human rights
On 25th March 2021, Luxembourg's foreign policy chief Jean Asselborn invited the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Luxembourg, H.E. Mrs Yang Xiaorong, to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs for a meeting.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 15 - 21 March
The supervision system set up for COVID-19 monitoring in Luxembourg is continuously adapted to produce indicators that reflect the evolution of the pandemic in real time.
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Creation of a waiting list for people who did not make their appointment during the 2nd phase of the vaccination campaign
People who have been invited to be vaccinated in the 2nd phase of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and who have not made an appointment during this period, will nevertheless have the opportunity to be vaccinated in a vaccination centre at a later stage - more precisely after the closure of the 3rd phase of vaccination.
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Corinne Cahen a fait le point sur la situation au CIPA "Um Lauterbann" à Niederkorn suite à un cluster d'infections
En date du 23 mars 2021, la ministre de la Famille, de l'Intégration et à la Grande Région, Corinne Cahen, a invité à une conférence de presse en présence du directeur de la Santé, Dr Jean-Claude Schmit et du directeur opérationnel de Servior, Raoul Vinandy, afin de faire le point sur le cluster d'infections identifié au Centre intégré pour personnes âgées (CIPA) "Um Lauterbann" à Niederkorn.
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Luxembourg resumes vaccination with AstraZeneca
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) presented on Thursday, 18 March, the results of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee's (PRAC) analyses on a number of blood problems in people who have recently been vaccinated with AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine.