The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, in consultation with the Chief Epidemiologist, has decided to cancel the uncertainty level of civil protection due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital Iceland works in seven-week sessions, containing three two-week sessions. It is now frozen beyond the end of summer vacation, which should ensure that we and our people have a quiet and uneventful summer vacation.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland January 2023.

The Chief Epidemiologist received a notification last night because of measles that had been diagnosed in an adult in North Iceland. Suspicion arose of measles and the diagnosis was confirmed afterwards. The person in question is in isolation in his/her home.

The grants for women’s employment were awarded on 19 May last year in Harpa and 30 projects received grants totalling ISK 35,000,000.

The Social Affairs Minister’s bill on temporary support for wages due to natural disasters in Grindavík was approved by the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, on 27 November.

The Directorate of Labour and Reykjanesbær have prepared an action plan for the residence of applicants for international protection in the municipality under the auspices of the Directorate of Labour.

Applications for renewal of residence permits can now be sent to the Directorate of Immigration digitally through the website of Iceland.is.

At the end of 2023, a service survey was conducted by Maskína for the Icelandic Health Insurance (SÍ) on the service of health care centres in rural areas. The survey was conducted between 17 October 2023 and 5 January 2024. Maskína received information from SÍ on individuals who had visited health care centres in rural areas in 2023 and took a random sample from that group. These individuals were sent a link to the survey through the Rights portal of SÍ.

A big step forward for the safety of patients in the SAk's area.