Luxembourg’s prime minister ‘serious but stable’ in hospital with coronavirus

Xavier Bettel (Airs Oikonomou/AP)

Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel is in a “serious but stable” condition and will remain in the hospital for up to four more days after he was unable to shake a bout of Covid-19 that developed over a week ago, the government said.

In a statement, it added that the running of state affairs will be taken over by finance minister Pierre Gramegna in the meantime, even if Mr Bettel still coordinates some work remotely.