Shouldn’t the daily Covid-19 reports come to an end?

In May 2022, the Ministry of Health announced that only weekly reports on the Covid situation in Luxembourg would be published. To this day, however, one can find daily figures on the website www.covid19.public.lu, which are also picked up daily by the press. DP MP Gusty Graas asked the Minister of Health why figures were still being published daily after the decision in May?

Question

« Le 4 mai 2022, le Ministère de la Santé a annoncé dans sa « Covid-19 rétrospective » qu’à partir du 16 mai 2022 il ne publiera plus ni le rapport journalier des chiffres de l’épidémie au Luxembourg sur le site www.data.public.lu, ni les données sur le site www.covid19.lu. Le Ministère avait justifié cette décision par la baisse générale du nombre d’infections et la stabilité de la situation dans les hôpitaux.

Toutefois, sur le site www.covid19.public.lu, un point de la situation journalière – y compris le nombre de personnes testées positives, le nombre d’hospitalisations et le nombre de vaccins administrés – est toujours publié et est repris quotidiennement par la presse.

À ce sujet, j’aimerais poser la question suivante à Madame la Ministre de la Santé :

« Le 4 mai 2022, le Ministère de la Santé a annoncé dans sa « Covid-19 rétrospective » qu’à partir du 16 mai 2022 il ne publiera plus ni le rapport journalier des chiffres de l’épidémie au Luxembourg sur le site www.data.public.lu, ni les données sur le site www.covid19.lu. Le Ministère avait justifié cette décision par la baisse générale du nombre d’infections et la stabilité de la situation dans les hôpitaux.

Toutefois, sur le site www.covid19.public.lu, un point de la situation journalière – y compris le nombre de personnes testées positives, le nombre d’hospitalisations et le nombre de vaccins administrés – est toujours publié et est repris quotidiennement par la presse.

À ce sujet, j’aimerais poser la question suivante à Madame la Ministre de la Santé :

  • Madame la Ministre, pour quelles raisons ce point journalier est toujours publié, alors que le Ministère avait annoncé l’arrêt de la publication du bilan quotidien de l’épidémie au Luxembourg à partir du 16 mai 2022 ?»

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