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The 20 startups selected for Fit 4 Start #12, Luxembourg's flagship accelerator programme, have been unveiled today. The jury members of this new edition had to choose from a total of 214 applications coming from 42 countries.

On January 1, 2022, the law of December 8, 2021 will enter into force, transposing directives (EU) 2019/770 and (EU) 2019/771. It modernizes the legal guarantee of conformity for the sale of goods and introduces a new regime in terms of the legal guarantee of conformity for digital content and services.

In view of the current epidemic wave, the threat of the omicron variant and the increasing incidence of hospitalisations among vaccinated persons, and following the recommendations of the Conseil supérieur des maladies infectieuses (CSMI) issued on 14 December, the Government Council of 15 December decided to reduce the interval between the last injection of a Pfizer or Moderna vaccination and the "booster" dose from 6 to 5 months.

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Health inform that the current sanitary measures to be observed by people entering Luxembourg by air travel are extended until 28 February 2022 inclusive.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has slightly decreased from 2,699 to 2,593 cases (-4%) for the week of 6 to 12 December.

Due to the rising number of COVID-19 patients being treated in the normal and intensive care units of the national hospitals, the Crisis Cell has decided to activate phase 3 of the hospital surge plan.

The Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg, supported by IMS Luxembourg - Inspiring More Sustainability - in collaboration with the Ministry for Family, Integration, and the Greater Region, as well as LISER, has presented the results of the fourth barometer, "Diversity & Companies Lëtzebuerg", the result of the analysis of the committed signatories' questionnaires.

As part of its program of public commissions for musical compositions, the Ministry of Culture has awarded nine commissions for musical compositions to Luxembourg composers or resident composers for the 2021-2022 season.

In order to get a clearer picture of the infection trend in the country, the Luxembourg Government is organising the #Lëtzebuergtestsech action from 13 to 19 December.

As decided by the Government Council on 10 December and following the advice of the High Council for Infectious Diseases (Conseil supérieur des maladies infectieuses – CSMI) on 29 November, vulnerable children aged between 5 and 11 years and those in regular contact with vulnerable people will be able to get vaccinated on a voluntary basis.

On Thursday 10 December, the Minister for the Greater Region, Mrs Corinne Cahen, took part in the annual EU-Tribe colloquium at the House of StartUps in Bonnevoie, in the presence of representatives of incubators and start-ups from the entire Greater Region.

As part of the Vaccination Week (Impfwoch), the Ministry of Health will organise the IMPF'O'DAY on Saturday 11 December at the "Athénée de Luxembourg".

On 8 December 2021, the awards ceremony for the National Literary Competition 2021 took place at the National Literature Centre in the presence of the winners. Josée Hansen from the literature and publishing unit of the Ministry of Culture represented Sam Tanson, minister of Culture, who was unable to attend.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has increased from 2,373 to 2,699 cases (+14%) for the week of 29 November to 5 December.

The CovidCheck.lu app has been adapted in view of the new anti-COVID measures announced by the Government in the fight against the pandemic. Users can now familiarise themselves with this new version of the app.