COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg
The COVID-19 pandemic has been rampant almost worldwide since the beginning of 2020; also Luxembourg was and is affected by it. In mid-2020, 110 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 .
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Prime Minister Xavier Bettel declared a state of emergency in Luxembourg on March 18, 2020 .
The country recorded 234 new infections, 1,333 confirmed cases, and 8 deaths as of March 25, 2020. 143 of the sick were treated in the hospital, 21 of them in the intensive care unit.
To date (July 16, 2020) this was the highest number of new infections in one day; afterwards these decreased sharply. In the period from May 1 to June 25, a maximum of 18 new infections per day were registered.
On April 15, the government announced its plan to ease the restrictions, including continuous monitoring of the situation, distribution of masks, the gradual reopening of construction sites, schools, retail stores and restaurants, and continued virus testing and, soon, antibody tests. Large events are still banned until the end of July.
From July 2020, the number of those who tested positive for COVID-19 rose sharply. On July 14, 2020, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was declared a "risk area" by the Foreign Office , the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home of Germany. The Federal Foreign Office justified this with a permanently too high 7-day incidence and a sharp increase in new infections with SARS-CoV-2 . Entrants from Luxembourg to Germany therefore had to submit to an obligation to quarantine. From August 8, 2020, they were also required to take part in a COVID-19 test. On August 20, 2020, Luxembourg's status as a risk area was lifted after the 7-day incidence there fell below the value of 50 newly infected. Since then, only the rules that apply to traffic within the Schengen area have been in effect again.
statistics
In early August 2020, the Luxembourg government reported that 525 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Luxembourg from July 27 to August 2, 2020. Currently, on August 2, 2020, there was evidence of 1241 people suffering from COVID-19. Of the people who were in quarantine at the beginning of August 2020, 23% were children up to 14 years of age, 27% 15 to 29 years, 24% 30 to 44, 20% 45 to 59 years old and 5% older than 60 years. On average, those tested were 36 years old. The low average age can be explained by the fact that randomly random samples of people in Luxembourg are asked to write a text, even if they do not show any symptoms of illness. This means that there is a relatively high test rate compared to larger EU member states. However, this can only partially explain the noticeably high and initially continuously increasing number of new infections in Luxembourg from July 2020.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg, the number of cases initially developed as follows:
Infections
Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Luxembourg
according to WHO data
New infections in Luxembourg
according to WHO data
Deaths
Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Luxembourg
according to WHO data
Confirmed deaths (daily) in Luxembourg
according to WHO data
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ Corona crisis / Premier Bettel: A state of emergency will be declared in Luxembourg immediately. In: Tageblatt.lu . March 18, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 . Règlement grand-ducal du 18 mars 2020 portant introduction d'une série de mesures dans le cadre de la lutte contre le Covid-19. In: legilux.lu. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 31, 2020 (French).
- ^ Annette Welsch: Corona crisis: More than 1,300 infected people in Luxembourg. In: wort.lu . March 25, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Steps out of the lockdown / first exit phase starts on Monday - masks for all citizens. In: Tageblatt.lu. April 15, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Information on the designation of international risk areas by the Federal Foreign Office, BMG and BMI. Robert Koch Institute, August 7, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
- ^ Luxembourg: Travel and Safety Advice. Federal Foreign Office, August 31, 2020, accessed on August 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Covid 19 retrospective: Many people in Luxembourg do not adhere to the quarantine - and go on vacation despite the corona infection. tageblatt.lu, August 5, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed May 3, 2020 .
