We're just testing more, says Luxembourg after UK quarantine order


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  • Friday, 31 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cars line up at a mobile COVID-19 test centre at the outskirts of the town of Machtum along the Moselle river in Luxembourg, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg, which has been added to Britain's coronavirus quarantine list, is being unfairly held up as the sick man of Europe and its large number of COVID-19 cases reflects its unrivalled level of testing, a government source said on Friday.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says Luxembourg had 240.6 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population over the last 14 days, much higher than any other country in the European Economic Area.

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