The health ministry considers further scaling down the measures, especially with current measures allowing gatherings of up to 100 people without a mask mandate to take place in closed spaces.  Health minister Paulette Lenert (LSAP)  during a press conference on 18 May.

The text highlights that the omicron wave is under control and relaxing the measures is suitable following the example of countries like Switzerland and France.

The Collège medical, Luxembourg’s medical oversight committee, has officially agreed with the scaling down of the measures proposed by the draft law. The text still needs to be voted in by parliament and also requires the approval of the council of state.

Wearing a mask is still recommended and recognised as the best way to stop the spread of the virus and is all the more encouraged for vulnerable people.

called for masks to no longer be obligatory on public transport. A previous scaling down of the measures on 11 March had left mandatory mask wearing in public transport, hospitals and care homes as the only regulations in force.

The mask wearing obligation was already scrapped on 16 May for those flying to Luxembourg or a destination that has decided to drop the mandate. This came after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)  to further relax pandemic measures.