The CovidCheck, the Luxembourg equivalent of our health pass, provides for strict application of the 3G regime (tested, cured or vaccinated) in companies from January 15, 2022. Some see it as a discriminatory and liberticidal measure.
The CovidCheck will be mandatory at work to curb the spread of the virus from January 15, 2022, the Luxembourg authorities announced on Friday December 3. The Minister of Labor, Dan Kersch, made it clear that: “the measures that the government has just taken have no alternative. This is the last attempt to avoid further confinement, or even compulsory vaccination. In other words, neither the employees nor their employers have a choice.
This new turn of the sanitary screw is explained by the rebound of the epidemic. The coronavirus is circulating in the Grand Duchy where, out of 5,009 screening tests in the last 24 hours, 438 were positive, i.e. a positivity rate of 8.74%. According to the local press, 90,774 positive cases for Covid have been recorded since the start of the epidemic despite a strong vaccination campaign.
The invaded Christmas market
These measures, although accepted by the unions, are not necessarily well received by part of the population. A “national rally” was organized this Saturday afternoon in Luxembourg City to denounce these liberticidal measures.
Some 2,000 demonstrations marched through the streets of the city center.
If, as often, most opponents of CovidCheck spoke calmly, some of them opposed the police who received projectiles. Several individuals, particularly excited, entered the Christmas market, jostling walkers. Given the risk of violence, the authorities have decided to temporarily close the Christmas market.
The divided population
But the demonstrators continued on their way to Parliament where new incidents erupted. A few individuals reportedly went to the house of Prime Minister Xavier Bettel to lay eggs on the facade.
According to the Luxembourg press, traffic in the city center was severely disrupted throughout the afternoon. The initiatives taken by belligerent individuals do not seem to be accepted by the organizers of these anti-Covid-Check protests. But it is true that government measures are dividing the population of the Grand Duchy.
Anti-health pass demonstrators invade a Christmas market in Luxembourg, access to which is subject to the health pass. (@vecumedia) pic.twitter.com/MeEIyuEPte
– Anonymous Citizen (@AnonymeCitoyen) December 4, 2021
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