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Today the Government Council decided on the next phase of the vaccination campaign on the basis of the opinion of the National Ethics Commission (Commission nationale d'éthique, C.N.E.) of 21 January. intervenu en date du 21 janvier.

Interview with Paulette Lenert in Delano

During the week from 11 to 17 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,036 to 859 (-17%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, dropping from 3,496 cases the previous week to 3,024 (-14%).

The multilingual context of Luxembourg makes the diagnosis of learning disabilities particularly complex and difficult. Having guidelines can therefore considerably simplify the daily life of professionals in the educational and psycho-social field.

As part of its awareness campaign "Safety in my plate", the Government Commission for Quality, Fraud and Food Safety is launching from January 18 a series of films to inform consumers about food labelling.

On January 15th, 2021, Sam Tanson hosted a videoconference with her counterparts of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain to discuss access to cross-border e-evidence in criminal matters and electronic data retention.

The stockpile of COVID-19 vaccine doses continues to grow steadily.

During the week from 4 to 10 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,135 to 1,036 (-9%), while the number of their identified close contacts increased from 2,106 the previous week to 3,496 (+66%).

Following the delivery of 4,875 new doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine on 11 January, the four hospitals CHdN, CHEM, CHL and HRS, as well as the CHNP, began vaccinating health and healthcare professionals, as well as all other categories of professionals and subcontractors, within their structures.

Luxembourg is the first EU Member State to have received the coronavirus vaccine from the American laboratory Moderna. Following the marketing authorisation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the approval given by the European Commission on 6 January, 1,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine were delivered to Luxembourg this morning.

On 7 January 2021, Minister for Culture Sam Tanson gave an update on the reopening of cultural institutions and the new measures aimed at the cultural sector, as provided for in the draft law amending the amended law of 17 July 2020 introducing a series of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest aviation safety report containing information on the safety performance of civil aviation in Luxembourg during 2019 has just been published.

During the week from 28 December to 3 January, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,267 to 1,135 (-11%), as did the number of their identified close contacts, dropping from 3,207 cases the previous week to 2,106 (-34%).

In accordance with Luxembourg's vaccination strategy, the first residents of retirement homes were vaccinated against COVID-19 on 6 January 2021.

All the relevant pieces of European legislation in relation with the “TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE OTHER PART” have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 31 December 2020