Icelandic health authorities are reviewing their pandemic response measures to adapt to the impact of the Omicron variant, the country’s Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason stated
Iceland’s current domestic restrictions, including a 20-person gathering limit, will be extended for an additional three weeks, Health Minister Willum Þór Þórsson announced following a
Icelandic authorities’ gave a COVID-19 information briefing at 11 AM on the COVID-19 situation in Iceland and the upcoming children’s vaccinations. On the panel were
Icelandic authorities’ gave a COVID-19 information briefing at 11 AM, the first one since November. The meeting was called in response to rising case numbers,
The Chief Epidemiologist has decided to offer children aged 5-11 vaccinations against COVID-19, stating that this decision is comparable to what is being done in
If proposed amendments to Iceland’s pandemic legislation are passed, the Chief Epidemiologist would be appointed by the Health Minister rather than Iceland’s Director of Health.
Ten cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were confirmed in Iceland as of Saturday afternoon. RÚV reports that contract tracing in these cases is
In an interview on the radio station Bylgjan this morning, Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason expressed his belief that the peak of the current COVID-19 wave had
Of the 30,000 people who have received a booster shot in Iceland, only 10 have contracted COVID, around 0.03%. Of the 270,000-280,000 that are fully
The short answers to these questions are: the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has proved more infectious than experts hoped; and Icelandic authorities have adopted a
