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Luxembourg PM hospitalized for COVID-19 observation

/ 12:07 PM July 05, 2021

Xavier Bettel

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel departs at the end of a two-day European Union (EU) summit at The European Council Building in Brussels on June 25, 2021. AFP FILE PHOTO

LUXEMBOURG — Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was hospitalized Sunday and will be kept under observation as tests are carried out a week after he tested positive for Covid-19, the government said.

Bettel, 48, is to stay in hospital for 24 hours as a precautionary measure, the statement said.

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He began 10 days of self isolation on June 27, less than two days after attending a European Union summit in Brussels, but none of the other 26 EU leaders who attended the summit were considered a contact case.

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The Luxembourg premier had already received one dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on May 6.

The country of 630,000 inhabitants has seen a surge of infections in the past 10 days, and 136 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, a level last seen in Luxembourg in mid-May.

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