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The first invitations to those covered by phase 5 of the vaccination campaign will be sent out this week (week 14).

Since 2 April, people who have been vaccinated as part of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign (1st or 2nd dose) can also retrieve their certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 online in their private space on MyGuichet.lu.

Starting this Easter weekend and until further notice, the Ministry of Health will no longer release COVID-19 data on Sundays. This decision was taken in order to allow the hospital and monitoring teams a rest period.

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%).

The first invitations to those covered by phase 4 of the vaccination campaign will be sent out this week (week 13).

Due to maintenance work on IT systems, the Ministry of Health will not be reporting COVID-19 data this Sunday 28 March 2021.

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.

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.

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.

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.

During the week from 8 to 14 March, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased from 1,194 to 1,249 (+5%), while the number of their identified close contacts also increased from 2,847 cases the previous week to 3,669 (+34.5%).

Following the decision of several EU Member States, including France and Germany, to temporarily suspend vaccination with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Luxembourg has decided to align itself with this decision.

The first invitations to people covered by phase 3 of the vaccination campaign will most probably be sent out by the end of next week (week 11) More details on the exact dates will be communicated in due course.

The Ministry of Health confirms the quarantine on 8 March and the cessation of vaccinations on 9 March with vials from batch number ABV5300 of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, following the notification provided to the Health Directorate by the Austrian agency on the occurrence of serious adverse events.

During the week from 1 to 7 March, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 decreased from 1,315 to 1,194 (-9.1%), while the number of their identified close contacts also decreased from 3,101 cases the previous week to 2,847 (-9.2% ).