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Today, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, has decided that the request for the organisation of a referendum on the proposed revision of Chapters Ier, II, III, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII of the Constitution, submitted by an initiative committee and received on 4 February 2o22, is declared admissible.

Today, a request for a referendum under Article 114 of the Constitution has been submitted to the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, by an initiative committee in the context of the revision of Chapters I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII of the Constitution.

The University of Lorraine informed me yesterday (31.01.2022) of its official decision regarding the paper I wrote in 1998 as part of my DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies).

In order to meet the needs of people travelling to European countries that now require a 3-dose vaccination, the government has decided to offer this alternative pattern to those who wish to obtain it.

Following today's vote on bill no. 7943, the amended law of 17 July 2020 on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been adapted on the following points.

Because of the current epidemic wave and the threat of the omicron variant, the Government Council decided on 7 January 2022 to reduce the interval for the booster shot to 3 months after a two-dose vaccination (Moderna, BioNTech/Pfizer) and a "Mix & Match" vaccination (AstraZeneca in the 1st dose and ARN in the 2nd dose) and to open up the booster shot to teenagers aged 12 and over.

As the total number of valid registrations is less than 25,000 signatures, the request of 22 October 2021 to hold a referendum on the proposal to revise Chapter VI of the Constitution was not successful.

On 4 January 2022, the Government Council approved a bill proposing to maintain the maximum duration of isolation at 10 days for persons who have neither a complete vaccination nor a booster vaccination within 6 months.

From today, the interval for booster vaccination after a two-dose vaccine (Moderna, BioNTech/Pfizer) and a Mix & Match pattern (AstraZeneca 1st dose and RNA 2nd dose) is reduced to 4 months instead of 6 months.

Due to technical problems at the Hall Victor Hugo vaccination centre in Limpertsberg, the centre will be transferred to Luxexpo The Box as of Monday, 3 January 2022.

From 23 December, children aged between 5 and 11 years can be vaccinated on a voluntary basis in the 3 vaccination centres Victor Hugo, Esch-Belval and Ettelbruck.

In the context of the shortening of the time between the initial vaccination and the booster vaccination and taking into account an acceleration of the deliveries of vaccines, the government has decided to temporarily reopen, as from 10 January 2022, a fifth vaccination centre at Luxexpo The Box (Luxembourg-Kirchberg).

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.

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.

In the context of a large shipment of vaccines announced for next week and in order to offer all those concerned by a COVID-19 booster vaccine ("booster" or "3rd dose") an additional opportunity to get vaccinated, the Government is working on the temporary re-opening of a fourth vaccination centre.