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The sanitary arrangements for schools foresee that in the event of an isolated case in a class, i.e. when only one pupil or teacher in a class is tested positive for COVID-19, the class concerned continues to attend school, while being separated from other classes within the school building.

The Ministers of Justice of Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and their representatives in the presence of the Minister of Justice of Germany, President of the Council of the European Union express their shock at the violent terrorist attacks in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday 16 October and in Nice on Thursday 29 October.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is up sharply with 4,701 cases for the week of 26 October to 1 November, compared to 3,388 cases for the previous week (+39%). ​ The number of identified contacts also increased to 12,562 (+26%).

The Luxembourg Ministry of Mobility and Publics Works and the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities invite you to High-Level Panel: Cycling as a Mobility Solution for Challenging Times.

Due to the high demand for coronavirus diagnostic tests, two Sampling Centres (Centres de prélèvement - CDP) will open this week.

Joint Statement on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) on 2 November Issued by the Chairs of

Universities in Burkina Faso and Senegal will soon boost newly minted cybersecurity study programmes thanks to a project initiated by the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is up sharply (265%) with 3,387 cases for the week of 19 to 25 October, compared to 1,280 cases for the previous week. ​ The number of contacts also reached a very high level with 9,980 contacts compared to the 7,878 contacts previously identified (+27%).

In the current context, with a significant resurgence of new COVID-19 infections and the arrival of classic seasonal epidemics (influenza, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, etc.), general medical practices, paediatric practices and COVID branches of the emergency services are beginning to be increasingly solicited.

The Ministry of Health strongly urges people who test positive for COVID-19 to self-isolate as soon as they receive their results from the laboratory, or even to self-quarantine, if they are informed that they were in high-risk contact with a person who tested positive.

In view of the worrying increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections over the last three days, the Health Inspectorate's contact tracing unit has adapted its operating mode in order to increase its responsiveness in contacting people. This adaptation will be operational from Friday 23 October 2020.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is up sharply (59%) with 1,280 cases for the week of 12 to 18 October, compared to 805 cases for the previous week. ​ The number of contacts also reached a very high level with 7,924 contacts compared to the 6,780 contacts previously identified (+17%).

In the weekly review from 5 to 11 October, the Ministry of Health stated that 12% of all positive cases in Luxembourg are linked to education field. It should be pointed out, in this context, that this number includes all students from the University of Luxembourg as well as students from foreign universities with residency in Luxembourg.

Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot and Sasha Baillie, CEO of the national innovation agency Luxinnovation, announced on Thursday 15 October the names of the 20 start-ups that have been selected for participation in the 10th edition of the Fit 4 Start acceleration programme.

Sur invitation de la Union Stiftung, Corinne Cahen, en tant que ministre luxembourgeoise à la Grande Région, a participé avec Peter Strobel, ministre sarrois des Finances et de l'Europe, à la conférence "L'avenir des relations Sarre-Luxembourg", qui s'est tenue à Sarrebruck le 15 octobre 2020.