{"id":217,"date":"2021-10-14T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/lcsb-fr\/news\/visit-of-the-prime-minister-to-meet-researchers-working-on-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:37:55","slug":"visit-of-the-prime-minister-to-meet-researchers-working-on-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/lcsb-fr\/news\/visit-of-the-prime-minister-to-meet-researchers-working-on-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of the Prime Minister to meet researchers working on COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>On 5 October, on Campus Belval, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel\u00a0along with\u00a0Minister for Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch\u00a0met with researchers from the different institutions involved in the\u00a0Research Luxembourg COVID-19 Taskforce\u00a0to discuss actions carried out\u00a0during the pandemic, important\u00a0milestones of the collaboration between the government and scientists, as well as ongoing research projects.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"navigating-the-crisis-through-science\"\n    >\nNavigating the crisis through science<\/h2>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic sparked an unprecedented mobilisation and collaboration\u00a0between many researchers, gathered under the umbrella of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchluxembourg.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Luxembourg<\/a>, and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In record time, public research institutes and the\u00a0Government launched a series of newly funded research initiatives to respond to the COVID\u00a0crisis.<\/p><p>Between March and May 2020, Research Luxembourg brought\u00a0together\u00a0researchers from the main actors in Luxembourg public research, such as the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lih.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Luxembourg Institute of Health<\/a>\u00a0(LIH),\u00a0in order to come up with\u00a0a\u00a0coordinated\u00a0strategy\u00a0to study the virus and help policy makers tackle the pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"mobilising-research-one-team-to-find-answers-and-formulate-solutions\"\n    >\nMobilising research:\u00a0One team to find answers and formulate\u00a0solutions<\/h2>\n<p>Among the actions taken,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchluxembourg.lu\/covid-19-taskforce\/testing-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">large-scale testing<\/a>,\u00a0a plan that allowed to test up to 10% of the population every week,\u00a0yielded effective outcomes. This was a critical measure to keep the pandemic under control.\u00a0\u201cNow we know that it was the only way to deal with the pandemic,\u201d explained\u00a0\u00a0Prof Ulf Nehrbass, Chief Executive Officer of Luxembourg Institute of Health during the visit.\u00a0\u201cNon-symptomatic people were infectious and we had to test everybody to have a complete overview. In phase 1, large-scale testing halved the number of severe cases. We actually reduced 43% of the overall number of cases.\u201d<\/p><p>The pandemic has shown that,\u00a0under the umbrella of\u00a0Research Luxembourg, researchers from the different institutions of the country\u00a0have\u00a0the capacity to mobilise, structure\u00a0and respond\u00a0quickly. This attitude is the result of a team spirit developed in a small country with excellent researchers and infrastructures.\u00a0\u201cWe went from\u00a0having\u00a0numerous questions to providing data as well as empirical evidence, then coming up with answers and formulating solutions. This was all achieved in record time,\u201d\u00a0detailed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/paul_wilmes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof.\u00a0Paul Wilmes<\/a>, head of the Systems Ecology at the LCSB and spokesperson of the\u00a0COVID-19 Taskforce, while showing Prime Minister Xavier Bettel around his lab in the BioTech I building in Belval.<\/p><p>Several of the ongoing research projects were also presented at the end of the lab visit such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchluxembourg.lu\/covid-19-taskforce\/con-vince\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CON-VINCE study<\/a>\u00a0coordinated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/rejko_krueger\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Rejko Kr\u00fcger<\/a>, head of the Translational Neuroscience group at the LCSB and of the Transversal Translational Medicine department at the LIH, and the continuing workflow for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/news_events\/reports_on_projections_and_a_glossary_to_better_understand_covid_19\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">daily simulations<\/a>\u00a0on evolution, impact and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak led by Professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/alexander_skupin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Skupin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/jorge_goncalves\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jorge Goncalves<\/a>from the LCSB. The upcoming CoVaLux study focusing on long COVID and vaccination was introduced as well.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"scientists-and-policy-makers-working-together\"\n    >\nScientists and policy makers working together<\/h2>\n<p>In\u00a0Luxembourg, researchers\u00a0have\u00a0endeavoured to gather and disseminate as much information as possible relevant to COVID in the policy-making process.\u00a0It\u00a0is one of the countries where the relationship between the scientific community and policy makers during the pandemic has been effective.\u00a0The\u00a0Government called on and took into account the advice of scientists in many disciplines.\u00a0\u201cMutual respect and listening was the best way to approach this crisis, as both the\u00a0Government and Research Luxembourg were engaged in the same mission,\u201d\u00a0highlighted Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the end of the visit. The role of science throughout this crisis was also mentioned in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gouvernement.lu\/en\/gouvernement\/xavier-bettel\/actualites.gouvernement%2Ben%2Bactualites%2Btoutes_actualites%2Bdiscours%2B2021%2B10-octobre%2B12-etat-de-la-nation.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">State of the Nation declaration<\/a>\u00a0on 12 October: contributions of Research Luxembourg, such as the large-scale testing, the gain of scientific knowledge about the virus and the CoVaLux project to study long-term consequences of the disease, figured prominently in the Prime Minister\u2019s address to the country.<\/p><p>&#8212;<\/p><p>On the same topic, see the news on the websites of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lih.lu\/blog\/our-news-1\/post\/research-luxembourg-and-government-together-during-the-pandemic-433\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LIH<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchluxembourg.lu\/2021\/10\/05\/research-luxembourg-and-government-together-during-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Luxembourg<\/a>.<\/p><p>Credits for the picture: \u00a9ME<\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 October, on Campus Belval, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel\u00a0along with\u00a0Minister for Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch\u00a0met with researchers from the different institutions involved in the\u00a0Research Luxembourg COVID-19 Taskforce\u00a0to discuss actions carried out\u00a0during the pandemic, important\u00a0milestones of the collaboration between the government and scientists, as well as ongoing research projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":218,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"news-category":[],"news-topic":[18],"organisation":[],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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