Paulette Lenert, Minister of HEalth;
Credit: SIP / Julien Warnand
On Sunday 22 March, Luxembourg's Minister of Health, Paulette Lenert, held a press conference to outline emerging measures being put in place concerning the continued spread of COVID-19 throughout the Grand Duchy and worldwide.
In addition to the mobile hospital being erected at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) in Strassen, which is expected to be operational tomorrow, Monday, the Minister confirmed that four existing buildings would be converted into additional medical facilities due to the anticipated rise in number of patients infected with the Coronavirus: LuxExpo in Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Rockhal in Esch-Belval, the Däichhal concert hall in Ettelbruck, as well as a fourth in Grevenmacher in the east of the Grand Duchy which is still to be confirmed. All are on standby, with the LuxExpo venue to be ready on Monday afternoon.
Minister Lenert explained that, alough Luxembourg's medical facilities are far from saturated, these additional measures are being put in place in case the situation worsens quickly.
Minister Lenert also confirmed that 200,000 surgical masks have been ordered for medical staff in Luxembourg. She also revealed that a new platform will be unveiled by the Luxembourg Government tomorrow, Monday, to avoid the risk of running out of medical material and medical expertise/experts.
